Distinguishing characteristic of all mental phenomena

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Explain and give examples to illustrate, what Brentano means by these 2 senteces."Further we found that the intentional in-existence, the reference to something as an object, is a distinguishing characteristic of all mental phenomena. No physical phenomenon exhibits anything similar"

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