In the philosophy of intelligence and consciousness, intentionality refers to the way that words are not merely sounds, but have real meaning. When a person says ""the sky is blue"", it is not just a statement that has been garnered from weather data or observed through the window, but the idea of 'sky' and 'blueness' are attached to a real sense of what the person means by 'blue'
Used in Chap. 19: pages 295, 302; Chap. 23: pages 358, 361
Used in glossary entries: consciousness, intelligence