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Intensional

Intensional, related to intension, may refer to:

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Intensional, related to intension, may refer to:

Intensional

  • in philosophy of language: not extensional. See also intensional definition versus extensional definition
  • in philosophy of mind: an intensional state is a state which has a propositional content
  • in mathematical logic: see intensional statement. See also extensionality, and also intensional definition versus extensional definition
  • Intensional logic embraces the study of intensional languages: at least one of their functors is intensional. It can be contrasted to extensional logic
  • Intensional fallacy, committed when one makes an illicit use of Leibniz's law in an argument
  • See also: Musical form