constituted by consciousness itself. The starting point for an analysis of the complexity, as well as the unity, of consciousness must be a philosophical and reflective examination of the nature of basic cognitive and non-cognitive mental activity, which is said to be characterized by the accompanying consciousness that is always present where higher level mental activity takes place (PES, 138PES-G, 181). Thus far, presentations and the direction of acts to their contents have been privileged. Brentano, however, explains that there are other ways in which psychic or mental acts manifest themselves. Amongst these other mental acts can be listed judgments and acts of feeling and volition. Furthermore, in the PES, mental acts are now called "divisives of the same reality" (PES, 161).¹" /> Psychic acts further explored - Tassone Biagio G | sdvig press