What Husserl meant by 'intentionality' — consciousness is always consciousness OF something

What Husserl's phenomenological reduction does — suspends the natural attitude to examine pure consciousness

Husserl's phenomenological reduction suspends the natural attitude to study pure consciousness

What epiphenomenalism claims — consciousness exists but has no causal power over the physical

Epiphenomenalism: Consciousness is a byproduct, causally inert to physical processes

What Merleau-Ponty's embodied phenomenology argues — perception is bodily, not mental representation

Perception is inherently embodied, not merely mental constructs

What is the significance of the 'transcendental ego' in phenomenology as proposed by Edmund Husserl?

The 'transcendental ego' is the pure subject of consciousness in Husserl's phenomenology, foundational for understanding phenomena

What qualia are — the subjective, felt qualities of experience (the redness of red)

Qualia represent the intrinsic, subjective aspects of conscious experiences

What embodied cognition claims — thinking depends on having a body, not just a brain

Embodied cognition posits that cognition arises from interactions between an organism and its environment