ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on practical intentionality—a term that believes can positively contribute to the phenomenological analysis of sex, love, and intimacy. It discusses the practical intentionality as a form of practical reflection and ‘aiming at’ that is not naïve, and hence does not equate to action. The near-invisibility of practical intentionality has led to a blindness in relation to the full range of layers that constitute the decision-making process. The chapter describes the constituents of an intentional act and show how intentional activities differ from all forms of natural action. It considers E. Husserl’s analysis of intentionality in the Logical Investigations, Ideas and the Analyses. The chapter examines the characteristics of intentional acts and how these characteristics apply to the practical component of intentional acts with the goal of displaying the theoretical foundations of the research.
