The Intentionality And Volition Of Consciousness Through Systemic Functional Linguistics

Edelman (1992: 112):

Consciousness shows intentionality; it is of or about things or events. It is also to some extent bound up with volition.

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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, the things or events that consciousness 'is of or about' are construals of experience as meaning, the content of consciousness itself.

The 'volition' of consciousness is desideration, one of the four most general processes of consciousness, along with cognition, perception and emotion.  Of these four, only desideration and cognition can project the contents of consciousness into existence; perception and emotion are limited to ranging over, or being caused by, the contents of consciousness.