intensionality
/ɪnˌtɛnʃəˈnæləti/
noun
- The quality of being about something or having content that refers to objects, properties, or states of affairs, especially in philosophy of mind and language.
- Philosophers often debate whether computers can have true intensionality or just simulate it.
- Her paper explored the difference between intensionality in language and intentionality in action.
- The intensionality of thoughts means that when you think about a unicorn, your thought is about unicorns even though unicorns don't exist.