Some reflections on Husserlian intentionality,intentionalism, and non-propositional contents |
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Authors: | Corijn van Mazijk |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of Groningen, The Netherlands;2. KU Leuven, Belgium |
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Abstract: | This paper discusses Husserl’s theory of intentionality and compares it to contemporary debates about intentionalism. I first show to what extent such a comparison could be meaningful. I then outline the structure of intentionality as found in Ideas I. My main claims are that – in contrast with intentionalism – intentionality for Husserl (i) covers just a region of conscious contents; that it is (ii) essentially a relation between act-processes and presented content; and that (iii) the side of act-processes contains non-representational contents. In the third part, I show that Husserl also (iv) offers resources against intentionalism’s exclusive concern with propositional content. |
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Keywords: | Husserl intentionality intentionalism representationalism consciousness non-representational content non-propositional content |
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