Angela Mendelovici: How Does Consciousness Connect us to Reality? Part II
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Is Intentionality a Relationship Between Mind and the World?
Pit stands for phenomenal intentionality theory. The basic idea is that intentionality, the aboutness of mental states, is root in, or grounded in, or arises from consciousness. Some one could think that, but also think some conscious states are not about anything. We shouldn't commit ourselves to any kind of view that's so substantive that says that intentionality involves the thing that's thought about after all. And we shouldn't, because we can think about things that don't exist and all that.
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