intentionality

Noun

1. The quality of being intentional.
2. The characteristic of a mental state whereby it is about something, which relates to mental states in an analogous way as meaning relates to a word.
   • The naturalization of intentionality is an ongoing project in philosophy.
   • As a preliminary formulation we might say: Intentionality is that property of many mental states and events by which they are directed at or about or of objects and states of affairs in the world. - 1983, John R....
   • For phenomenology, the central feature of experience is a structure called "intentionality," which correlates all things experienced with the mode of experience to which the experience is referenced. - 1986, Don Ihde,...