Mental representations as simulated affordances : not intrinsic, not so much functional, but intentionally-driven

The goal of this paper is to discuss the status of mental representations (MR). The proposed view essentially agrees with Auletta' s [this issue] arguments on the power of intention in defining representational contents, but further questions the articulation between intentionality and the functionality of representations, in light of an affordance-based approach to the origins of mental states.