Havel considered what he called "the hidden intentions of life" that cannot be stopped by neutralising the creative riptides that cut beneath society.
But the resolution is a statement of intentions that, ultimately, cannot be reconciled.
And deeper within the report there are numerous sub-sets of specific problems and challenges, and these too evolve the discussion as a result of new research and broader perspectives - all of it adding up to a well-realized fulfillment of intention and guideline for ocean observation that cannot be ignored.
It's the false attribution of human feelings, thoughts, or intentions to inanimate objects, or to living entities that cannot possibly have such feelings, thoughts, or intentions — cruel seas, dancing leaves, hot air that "wants" to rise.
Therefore, lengthy discussions of uncertainties that cannot easily be quantified could be considered as counteracting such an intention.
"That was my intention, that was my dad's intention.
But while he begins with a tidy definition of religious acts as absolute commands performed with the intention of serving God, as acts that cannot be motivated by human concerns or interests, the fact that life involves other given civil and social settings requires that we deal with such interests.
In the philosophy of action, however, it is now widely thought that intentions cannot be reduced to desires and beliefs (and combinations thereof).
Why, then, maintain that the formation of an intention cannot be an intentional mental action as well?
If a group of friends intends to go for a walk together, it seems wrong to say that the intention in question cannot be ascribed to the members, but only to the group.
