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The term '''intentionality''' according to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], is "the distinguishing property of [[mind]] of being necessarily directed upon an object, whether real or imaginary". Originally intentionality was a concept from scholastic philosophy. The concept of intentionality was reintroduced in 19th century [[philosophy]] by [[Franz Brentano]] in his work ''Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint''.  Brentano defined intentionality as one characteristic of "mental phenomena", by which they could be distinguished from "physical [[phenomenon|phenomena]]" (''physische Phänomene''), using such phrases as "reference to a content", the "direction towards an object" and "the immanent objectivity".

The term '''intentionality''' according to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], is "the distinguishing property of [[mind]] of being necessarily directed upon an object, whether real or imaginary". Originally intentionality was a concept from scholastic philosophy but was reintroduced in 19th century [[philosophy]] by [[Franz Brentano]] in his work ''Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint''.  Brentano defined intentionality as one characteristic of "mental phenomena", by which they could be distinguished from "physical [[phenomenon|phenomena]]" (''physische Phänomene''), using such phrases as "reference to a content", the "direction towards an object" and "the immanent objectivity".

 

==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[a. OF. en-, intencion, -ciun, -tion, -çon stretching, intensity, will, thought, opinion, etc. (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. intenti{omac}n-em stretching, straining, effort, attention, application, design, purpose, etc., n. of action from intend{ebreve}re to INTEND. A doublet of intension; see note to INTENT a.]  

[a. OF. en-, intencion, -ciun, -tion, -çon stretching, intensity, will, thought, opinion, etc. (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. intenti{omac}n-em stretching, straining, effort, attention, application, design, purpose, etc., n. of action from intend{ebreve}re to INTEND. A doublet of intension; see note to INTENT a.]  

In current [[artificial intelligence]] and [[philosophy of mind]] intentionality is a controversial subject and sometimes claimed to be something that a machine will never achieve. [[John Searle]] argued for this position with the [[Chinese room]] thought experiment, according to which no [[syntactic]] operations that occurred in a computer would provide it with [[semantic]] content. As he noted in the article, Searle's view was a minority position in artificial intelligence and philosophy of mind.  

In current [[artificial intelligence]] and [[philosophy of mind]] intentionality is a controversial subject and sometimes claimed to be something that a machine will never achieve. [[John Searle]] argued for this position with the [[Chinese room]] thought experiment, according to which no [[syntactic]] operations that occurred in a computer would provide it with [[semantic]] content. As he noted in the article, Searle's view was a minority position in artificial intelligence and philosophy of mind.  

Whereas humans can conceive with some difficulty 6th order intentionality (Robin Dunbar - 6th Order Intentionality Story[http://www.uboeschenstein.ch/texte/dunbar43.html]), a future superintelligence or could comfortably envision many more. The most complex mental trains of thought, that we can hold fleetingly and with the utmost concentration and effort, will to it be almost effortless.[http://www.kurzweilai.net/ KurzweilAI.net]

Whereas humans can conceive with some difficulty 6th order intentionality (Robin Dunbar - 6th Order Intentionality Story[https://www.uboeschenstein.ch/texte/dunbar43.html]), a future superintelligence or could comfortably envision many more. The most complex mental trains of thought, that we can hold fleetingly and with the utmost concentration and effort, will to it be almost effortless.[https://www.kurzweilai.net/ KurzweilAI.net]

===Dennett's Taxonomy of Current Theories about Intentionality===

===Dennett's Taxonomy of Current Theories about Intentionality===

==Intentionality vs. intensionality==

==Intentionality vs. intensionality==

Intentionality should not be confused with [[intension]]ality, a concept from [[semantics]] though it is related to the modern understanding of [[intention]].

Intentionality should not be confused with [[intension]]ality, a concept from [[semantics]] though it is related to the modern understanding of [[intention]].

== References ==

== References ==

==External links==

==External links==

*Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:

*Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:

**[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/intentionality/ Intentionality]

**[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/intentionality/ Intentionality]

**[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness-intentionality/ Consciousness and Intentionality]

**[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness-intentionality/ Consciousness and Intentionality]

**[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/intentionality-ancient/ Ancient Theories of Intentionality]

**[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/intentionality-ancient/ Ancient Theories of Intentionality]

[[Category: Philosophy]]

[[Category: Philosophy]]