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The term '''intentionality''' is often simplistically summarised as "aboutness". According to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], it 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. 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".
==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.]
