PHLC95H3 Chapter Notes -Austria3, Retina, Intentionality
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Conscious attention can be causing the selection of info relating to just a specific objto control the subjects verbal reports about that obj. Content of conscious experience must be capable of identifying info relating to just the obj in various processing streams. hence, exp of location will be critical to allowing slection of just the right info. Intuition and explanation direct way of interpreting demonstrative= look at which thing is being talked about. Knowledge is provided by experience of the thing. What matters is to single the thing out visually, as a figure against a background. Understanding demonstratives depends on the act of visual. Blindseer example, the issue is whether the bs has the same way of interpreting the demonstrative as the ordinary subject has. Whether consciousness of the object is not completely idle. Conscious attention to the object is needed for an understanding of the demonstrative.
