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− | In [[linguistics]], [[logic]], [[philosophy]], and other fields, an '''intension''' is any property or [[quality]] connoted by a [[word]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrase phrase] or other [[symbol]]. In the case of a [[word]], it is often implied by the word's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition definition]. The term may also refer to all such intensions [[collectively]], although the term [[comprehension]] is [[technically]] more correct for this. | + | In [[linguistics]], [[logic]], [[philosophy]], and other fields, an '''intension''' is any property or [[quality]] connoted by a [[word]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrase phrase] or other [[symbol]]. In the case of a [[word]], it is often implied by the word's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition definition]. The term may also refer to all such intensions [[collectively]], although the term [[comprehension]] is [[technically]] more correct for this. |
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− | The [[meaning]] of a [[word]] can be [[thought]] of as the bond between the [[idea]] or [[thing]] the [[word]] refers to and the word itself. Swiss linguist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_de_Saussure Ferdinand de Saussure] [[contrasts]] three [[concepts]]: | + | The [[meaning]] of a [[word]] can be [[thought]] of as the bond between the [[idea]] or [[thing]] the [[word]] refers to and the word itself. Swiss linguist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_de_Saussure Ferdinand de Saussure] [[contrasts]] three [[concepts]]: |
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| * the ''signifier'' — the "[[sound]] image" or string of [[letters]] on a page that one [[recognizes]] as a sign. | | * the ''signifier'' — the "[[sound]] image" or string of [[letters]] on a page that one [[recognizes]] as a sign. |
| * the ''signified'' — the [[concept]] or [[idea]] that a sign evokes. | | * the ''signified'' — the [[concept]] or [[idea]] that a sign evokes. |
− | * the ''referent'' — the [[actual]] [[thing]] or set of things a sign refers to. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_(semiotics)#Dyadic_signs Dyadic signs and Reference] ([[semantics]]). | + | * the ''referent'' — the [[actual]] [[thing]] or set of things a sign refers to. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_(semiotics)#Dyadic_signs Dyadic signs and Reference] ([[semantics]]). |
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| Intension is [[analogous]] to the signified, extension to the referent. The intension thus links the signifier to the sign's extension. Without intension of some sort, [[words]] can have no [[meaning]]. | | Intension is [[analogous]] to the signified, extension to the referent. The intension thus links the signifier to the sign's extension. Without intension of some sort, [[words]] can have no [[meaning]]. |
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− | In [[philosophical]] [[arguments]] about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dualism dualism] versus [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monism monism], it is noted that [[thoughts]] have intensionality and [[physical]] objects do not (S.E. Palmer, 1999) | + | In [[philosophical]] [[arguments]] about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dualism dualism] versus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monism monism], it is noted that [[thoughts]] have intensionality and [[physical]] objects do not (S.E. Palmer, 1999) |
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| Intension and intensionality (the state of having intension) should not be confused with [[intention]] and intentionality, which are pronounced the same and occasionally arise in the same [[philosophical]] [[context]]. Where this happens, the [[letter]] s or t is sometimes ''italicized'' to emphasize the [[distinction]]. | | Intension and intensionality (the state of having intension) should not be confused with [[intention]] and intentionality, which are pronounced the same and occasionally arise in the same [[philosophical]] [[context]]. Where this happens, the [[letter]] s or t is sometimes ''italicized'' to emphasize the [[distinction]]. |
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| * S. E. Palmer, Vision Science: From Photons to Phenomenology, 1999. MIT Press, ISBN 78-0262161831 | | * S. E. Palmer, Vision Science: From Photons to Phenomenology, 1999. MIT Press, ISBN 78-0262161831 |
| ==External links== | | ==External links== |
− | * Rapaport, William J. "[http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/intensional.html Intensionality v. Intentionality]". | + | * Rapaport, William J. "[https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/intensional.html Intensionality v. Intentionality]". |
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| [[Category: Philosophy]] | | [[Category: Philosophy]] |
| [[Category: Languages and Literature]] | | [[Category: Languages and Literature]] |