Horgan and Tienson (2002) use "brain in the vat" intuitions to support the view that conscious mental states possess intrinsic intentional content, even if the brain lacks causal and informational links to the external world.

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  Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ...

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• Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• conscious states concept
• Brain-in-a-vat argument concept