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How is it possible for mind to be directed to the world? Or for it to be opened to the world? This question – formulated as the problem of knowledge - has been the central question of the modern philosophy. Rediscovering of the concept of "intentionality" as the mark of the mental by Franz Brentano, Contemporary philosophy succeeded in addressing this central question in a more direct and explicit a way. Intentional character of mind is more obvious in sensory experiences. Perception seems to be the minds openness to the world. But the possibility of having illusory or hallucinatory experiences challenges that very conception of perceptual experiences as openness. In analytic philosophy...