Intentionality
Philosopher John Searle talks about intentionality ("the capacity of the mind to be directed at or to be about or of objects and states of affairs of the world other than the mind...") and consciousness, which he believes are the most important prop...
Interpretations: Relationship Between Sensation and Perception, The
Sensations, the raw data we encode from our physical environment, are just a random mix of sights and sounds, tastes and smells that provide little meaning in and of themselves. To construct the outside world inside our heads requires us to select, ...
Merleau-Ponty and the Intentional Arc
Philosopher Hubert Dreyfus talks about 20th century philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty and his concept "the intentional arch." Stemming from Merleau-Ponty's focus on perception as a major component of understanding the world, the intentional arch is ...
Thinking and Language: Intuition and Decision Making
People make intuitive, immediate judgments sometimes based on nothing more than a tone of voice on the other end of a conversation. People also make more reflective decisions based on thought and reasoning. Daniel Kahneman notes that intuition is li...