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Intentionality

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Intentionality is the mind's aboutness: thoughts, beliefs, and hopes are directed at things—states of mere matter seem directed at nothing.

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A dream about the sea is about the sea; the seawater itself is about nothing whatsoever.

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Intentionality is not intention—hoping and fearing are "intentional" here without anyone planning anything.