Browsing by Subject "intentionality"

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    What is a Mind Week 1 - Four defining properties of the mind
    (2015-08-15) Solms, Mark
    In this video, Professor Mark Solms outlines four properties of the mind: subjectivity, consciousness, intentionality, and agency. He briefly explores issues and questions related to these properties and states that he will unpack these properties in more detail in subsequent videos. This is video 3 in Week 1 of the What is a Mind MOOC.
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    What is a Mind Week 4 - About "aboutness" - intentionality
    (2015-08-15) Solms, Mark
    In this video, Professor Mark Solms introduces the third of the four defining properties of a mind: intentionality. He explains how feelings intend towards objects in the outside world in order to meet certain needs. He goes on to explain how intentional states are not themselves necessarily conscious. This is video 1 in Week 4 of the What is a Mind MOOC.
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    What is a Mind Week 4 - Anatomy and physiology of intentionality
    (2015-08-15) Solms, Mark
    In this video, Professor Mark Solms explores intentionality form a neuroscientific perspective. He describes the limbic circuits connecting the upper brain stem with the forebrain. This is video 2 in Week 4 of the What is a Mind MOOC.
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    What is a Mind Week 5 - Instincts and learning
    (2015-08-15) Solms, Mark
    In this video, Professor Mark Solms introduces the fourth defining property of the mind: agency, the ability to choose between possible actions. He briefly provides a scientific perspective on what agency consists in, refering to evolutionary theories and neural circuity. This is video 1 in Week 5 of the What is a Mind MOOC.