Sentence examples for thought targeted from inspiring English sources

But how can this be, if what makes M conscious is the existence of an unconscious higher-order thought targeted on M? Since I don't know that this thought exists, it seems that I shouldn't be able to know that M is conscious, either.

That will require careful thought, targeted investment, and an acknowledgment that cutting the budget deficit is not the be-all and end-all of economic policy.

The argument purports to show that the Representation Problem to explain how our mental symbols and words get hooked up to mind-independent objects and how our sentences and thoughts target mind-independent states of affairs is insoluble.

Since changes in higher-order concepts can lead to changes in phenomenal consciousness, Rosenthal thinks, it is plausible that it is the presence of higher-order thoughts targeting our perceptual states that is responsible for the latter's phenomenal properties tout court.

Online players that have their eyes on you will have second thoughts targeting you if they find out that you have a lot of friends and that you can retaliate immediately if they decide to touch you.

In 2008, when the Manchester crowd went crazy in the same way as the London crowd, Cavendish had yet to win a single one of his 26 Tour de France stages, Wiggins had nary a thought of targeting the yellow jersey in the Tour and the production line in the British Cycling medal factory was just warming up.

For her part, Omar offered some thoughts indirectly targeting the president.

In contrast to traditional cognitive therapy (CT) (see e.g. [ 15]) that aims to identify and restructure maladaptive thoughts, MBCT rather targets the attitude towards thoughts, not their content.

The Press Association says a US intelligence official and a Middle East diplomat, who did not want to be named, said the threat was at first thought to only target Yemeni interests but was later expanded to include US and other Western sites abroad.

This companywide approach can prevent major loss if one key leader leaves the company, and it also allows a variety of thought leaders to target different audiences.

We think that by serious thought, careful policy design and targeted intervention we can improve society, especially for those who have been sidelined since 2010.