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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / b. Essence of consciousness

21890	Heidegger showed that passing time is the key to consciousness [Derrida]
	Full Idea: Heidegger showed us the importance of transient time for consciousness.
	From: Jacques Derrida (works [1990]), quoted by Barry Stocker - Derrida on Deconstruction

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / a. Nature of intentionality

6481	If intentional states are intrinsically about other things, what are their own properties? [Robinson,H]
	Full Idea: Intentional states are mysterious things; if they are intrinsically about other things, what properties, if any, do they possess intrinsically?
	From: Howard Robinson (Perception [1994], 1.1)
	A reaction: A very nice question, which I suspect to be right at the heart of the tendency towards externalist accounts of the mind. Since you can only talk about the contents of the thoughts, you can't put forward a decent internalist account of what is going on.