Tim Crane addresses the ancient question of how it is possible to think about what does not exist. He argues that the representation of the non-existent is a pervasive feature of our thought about the world, and that to understand thought's representational power ('intentionality') we need to unders[...]

Deals with fundamental philosophical questions of consciousness, perception, and the experience of our own mental lives. The author investigates the mind not only empirically and conceptually but also phenomenologically: through the systematic examination of consciousness and thought from the subjec[...]

Franz Brentano is one of the founding fathers of twentieth century philosophy, celebrated for introducing the concept of intentionality to philosophy as well as making significant contributions to ethics and logic. His work exerted great influence on major philosophers such as Edmund Husserl, but al[...]