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“I constructed this concept by analogy with the very familiar phenomenological concept of “intentionality,” which most technically refers to the conscious apprehension of some object within a frame but is more generally used to refer to actions taken consciously and deliberately. My purpose here is to insist on “attention” as a stage prior to “intention” and, in fact, as including “intention” in itself. Thinking in terms of “attentionality” rather than “intentionality” emphasizes the constitutively social form of our thought and action, and allows us to ground the [[declarative]] order in the [[ostensive]]-[[imperative]] world.”
Excerpt From
Anthropomorphics: An Originary Grammar of the [[Center]]
Dennis Bouvard

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“I constructed this concept by analogy with the very familiar phenomenological concept of “intentionality,” which most technically refers to the conscious apprehension of some object within a frame but is more generally used to refer to actions taken consciously and deliberately. My purpose here is to insist on “attention” as a stage prior to “intention” and, in fact, as including “intention” in itself. Thinking in terms of “attentionality” rather than “intentionality” emphasizes the constitutively social form of our thought and action, and allows us to ground the declarative order in the ostensive-imperative world.”

Excerpt From

Anthropomorphics: An Originary Grammar of the Center

Dennis Bouvard