Consciousness and Intentionality
The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Consciousness July 9, 2020 Angela Mendelovici, David Bourget 28 citations
Mental states have two main features: intentionality (being about something) and phenomenal consciousness (the felt, experiential aspect). For decades these were thought to be separate and independent, but recent philosophy challenges that. This chapter surveys views on their relationship and endorses the phenomenal intentionality theory, which holds that the most basic kind of intentionality originates from phenomenal consciousness.