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    If consciousness were the precondition for intentionality... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The mainstream premise that consciousness is intrinsically intentional is false.

    If consciousness were the precondition for intentionality rather than a species of it, then intentionality is a contingent feature consciousness can possess, not its intrinsic nature.

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    Contingent feature(as used in metaphysics and logic)
    A characteristic that something happens to have but could have been different—it's not necessary for the thing to be what it is. It's contingent that you were born in your particular city, but not contingent that you need oxygen to breathe.
    Intrinsic nature(Used in Armstrong's definition of internal relations)
    The non-relational properties of an entity
    Precondition(as what recognitive practices are for conceptual content)
    Something that must exist or happen first, before something else can exist or happen.
    Species of(Indicates that knowing how is being classified as a type of knowing-that)
    A specific type or category within a larger group—like how a poodle is a species of dog.
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    (Philosophy of mind; framing the 'What is consciousness?' question)
    A dynamic process characterized by self-transforming flow, intentional coherence, and semantic self-understanding, rather than a static or momentary state.
    intentionality(Philosophy of mind and emotion)
    The property of being object-directed; the quality of mental states whereby they are directed at or about something

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