Dissertation on Philosophy examples

Outline: Consciousness and intentionality are two essential features of mental phenomena. We can say that consciousness is the subjective aspect and intentionality is the objective aspect of the mind. When one is in an experience, one is always conscious of what it is like to be in that experience, philosophers call it phenomenal consciousness. At the same..

Brentano, Husserl, and many other philosophers who defend the representationalist theory of mind contend that all mental states exhibit intentionality. Beliefs, desires, perceptions, hopes, fears, judgements etc are all typical examples of intentional mental states which we are in in most of our everyday life. The mind is directed to objects in these conscious..