Sentence examples for directed intention from inspiring English sources

It is, after all, the present directed intention that is supposed to guide causally the ongoing activity of the agent [see also Searle 1983].

However, most causalists agree with Davidson's later view that the concept of 'present directed intention' is needed in any plausible causal account of intention in action and acting intentionally.

Results of intercessory activity may give evidence of 'primary perception' in the recipients of such intercessions or directed intentions.

Groups of people compassionately directing intention with the same focus on the same object, create a stronger wave that's more likely to effect the desired change.

Perry (2009, p. 60) argues that the referent of an utterance of a demonstrative is the object of a directing intention, and offers a rather elaborate theory of directing intentions that is inspired by some brief remarks from Kaplan.

He then calls such intentions directing intentions and says that he has come to "regard the directing intention, at least in the case of perceptual demonstratives, as criterial, and to regard the demonstration as a mere externalization of this inner intention".

The project is motivated by numerous experiments that suggest that the behavior of random systems can be altered by directed mental intention, and related experiments showing subtle changes associated with group coherence.

Though he says that is not his direct intention, "the demonised image of Iran is related to the government, not the people.

"In the opinion of experts, it's practically impossible to prove the presence of direct intention in the actions of a journalist," the court said in a statement.

"Now apparently the commanders must have had a direct intention to commit crimes – and not just knowledge or suspicion that the crimes were or would be committed".

Griff Rhys-Jones, who backed the new scheme, said today: "There is a moment when it is optimal for people to give but without the means and the direct intention to give at that moment, we actually put it to the back of our mind and forget about it".