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Single Idea 3364
[filed under theme 15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / a. Nature of intentionality
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Full Idea
Every mental phenomenon contains something as object within itself.
Gist of Idea
All mental phenomena contain an object
Source
Franz Brentano (Psychology from an empirical standpoint [1874], p. 88), quoted by Jaegwon Kim - Philosophy of Mind p.21
Book Ref
Kim,Jaegwon: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Westview 1998], p.21
A Reaction
This gives rise to the slogan that 'intentionality is the mark of the mental', which notoriously seems to miss out the phenomenal aspect of mental life. We note now, though, that even emotions have objects.
The
17 ideas
with the same theme
[what exactly is intentionality?]:
3364
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All mental phenomena contain an object
[Brentano]
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7107
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Intentionality defines, transcends and unites consciousness
[Sartre]
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3465
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Either there is intrinsic intentionality, or everything has it
[Searle]
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3484
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Water flowing downhill can be described as if it had intentionality
[Searle]
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3489
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Intentional phenomena only make sense within a background
[Searle]
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3367
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Both thought and language have intentionality
[Kim]
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2485
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Do intentional states explain our behaviour?
[Fodor]
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15473
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How does anything get outside itself?
[Fodor, by Martin,CB]
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4993
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If a bird captures a worm, we could say its behaviour is 'about' the worm
[Kirk,R]
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11935
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Physical powers like solubility and charge also have directedness
[Molnar]
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6543
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Intentionality comes in degrees
[Lycan]
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6481
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If intentional states are intrinsically about other things, what are their own properties?
[Robinson,H]
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4087
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Intentionalism does not require that all mental states be propositional attitudes
[Crane]
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4095
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Object-directed attitudes like love are just as significant as propositional attitudes
[Crane]
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4623
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Propositional attitudes are not the only intentional states; there is also mental imagery
[Heil]
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4929
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Dreams and imagery show the brain can generate awareness and meaning without input
[Edelman/Tononi]
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15018
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Intentionality is too superficial to appear in the catalogue of ultimate physics
[Sider]
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