Intentionality
scholastic philosophy, was reintroduced in contemporary philosophy by the philosopher and psychologist Franz Brentano in his work Husserl, who took it over from Brentano, the concept of intentionality received more widespread attention in current philosophy, both continental and analytic.
In current artificial intelligence and philosophy of mind it is a controversial subject and thought to be something that a machine will perhaps never achieve.
In the field of social cognition, intentionality also has a different meaning. There actions are called intentional when they are purposeful, meant or done intentionally. People typically can read the intentions of behavior of others effortlessly.
N.B. intentionality (-tion-) is not to be confused with intensionality (-sion-), a concept from semantics.
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