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    It is not the case that Emotions are feelings devoid of intentional objects

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    • 1.Brentano's thesis that all mental states are characterized by intentionality applies paradigmatically to emotions, not merely to accompanying thoughts.
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    • 2.Fear is always fear *of* something, grief is always grief *about* a loss—the object is constitutive of the emotion's identity, not merely causally associated.
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    • 3.If the intentional object were stripped away, what remains would not be a modified emotion but a wholly different state, such as undirected anxiety or malaise.
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    • 1.Goldie and Searle argue that emotions exhibit 'world-to-mind' direction of fit, meaning their intentional content is not adventitiously attached but internally structures the phenomenal character.
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    • 2.The composite view in Argument 3 cannot explain why replacing the intentional thought (e.g., changing what one believes caused the loss) systematically transforms the very qualitative feel of the emotion.
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    • 1.The impression that emotions have intentional objects is an illusion
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    • 2.The feelings we call emotions are typically caused by thoughts with an intentional structure
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    • 3.Emotions and intentional thoughts are associated in a 'composite' experience, making them appear unified
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