conscious intention

collocation in English

meaningsofconsciousandintention

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conscious
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒn.ʃəs/us
/ˈkɑːn.ʃəs/
to notice that a particular thing or person exists or ...
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intention
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪnˈten.ʃən/us
/ɪnˈten.ʃən/
something that you want and plan ...
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(Definition ofconsciousandintentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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You can't see yourconsciousintentioncausing an action, but can only infer this from the regular relation between intention and action.
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Its function is to induce individuals to disengage, withoutconsciousintention, from unprofitable situations.
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Yet it is hardly surprising that the thought that we are consciously intending only occurs after theconsciousintentionhas formed.
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They do not experience willing its actions, and may find it moving at cross-purposes with theirconsciousintention.
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There is some evidence that to mitigate her racism was herconsciousintention.
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This is the case in particular of the statement that the brain starts to prepare for motor actions about 500 msec before ourconsciousintentionto move.
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The idea is that theconsciousintentionnot to perform a certain action actually has the effect of giving rise to the action that the subject is trying to inhibit.
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Implicit memories are often stimulated involuntarily, without subjects'consciousintentionto remember.
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Thus, each has theconsciousintentionof being useful to the other; mutual benefit is what the transaction is about, not just a precondition for agreement to be possible.
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I know that it is not theirconsciousintention, but we would be much wiser to leave this issue in the hands of the police.
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I assure you that there was not anyconsciousintentionon my part to trespass on the rules of order.
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The systems embodied aconsciousintention.
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Only one thing is certain: the "correlation" of aconsciousintentionto move with a subsequent action does not guarantee "causation".
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Simply put,consciousintentionmust precede action if it is its cause.
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Time ofconsciousintentionto act in relation to onset of cerebral activity (readiness-potential) the unconscious initiation of a freely voluntary act.
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The central question is when organisms with conflicting interests should be expected to communicate honestly (no presumption being made ofconsciousintention) rather than cheating.
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Implicit stereotypes are an aspect of implicit social cognition, the phenomenon that perceptions, attitudes, and stereotypes operate withoutconsciousintention.
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For humans, an action would only be called altruistic if it was done with theconsciousintentionof helping another.
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Singling out his conscious intentions as causes is practical and parsimonious, however, as it does not require a theory of everything.
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The degree to which that style and aesthetic reflected nascent tendencies, latent logics or more fully conscious intentions is a question we leave unanswered.
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