# intelligence without representation **Opening (not a real abstract):** Merleau-Ponty's Critique of Mental Representation: The Relevance of Phenomenology to Scientific Explanation Intelligence Without Representation Hubert L. Dreyfus I. The Relation between Phenomenology and Neuro-Science Today I want to show that two important components of intelligent behavior, learning, and skillful action can be described and explained without recourse to mind or brain representations. To do this I will explain two central concepts in Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception --the intentional arc and getting a maximal grip. The intentional arc names the tight connection between the agent and the world, viz. that, as the agent acquires skills, those skills are "stored", not as representations in the mind, but as dispositions to respond to the solicitations of situations in the world.Maximum grip names the body's tendency to respond **Authors:** [[Intelligence Without Representation]]