====== Intension ======

//Intension// of a term are the meanings associated with a it by the way and manner it is referred to, as opposed to the meaning resulting from the [[glossary:extension|extension]] of the term in the respective context.

For example, the terms "morning star" and "evening star" both have the same //extension// (namely the [[wp>Venus|planet Venus]]), but different //intensions//, namely that they describe the appearance of Venus in the //morning// and //evening// skies respectively.

===== Name =====
==== Other names ====

  * Connotations
  * Opaque context

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**Note:** the term "inten__s__ion" should not be confused with the (nearly) homophone "inten__t__ion", which means as much as "by purpose". It also has nothing to do with "intense", meaning "strong" or "severe".
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===== Description =====

In the broadest sense are //intensions// of a term those associated meanings that are added by the way and manner in which the term refers to it’s [[glossary:extension|extension]].

This includes, as in the example above, the con­no­ta­tions that are asso­ci­ated with the term (e.g "evening" with "even­ing star"), but also con­text­ual infor­mation (as in "masked man" versus "your own father").

Disregarding this the intensional level of meanings of a term can result in logical errors (<span maniculus "see:">[[logic:emergence:ambiguity:intensional_fallacy|inten­sional fallacy]]</span>).

===== See also =====

  * [[glossary:extension|Extension]]
  * [[glossary:equivocation:intensional|Intensional equivocation]]
  * [[logic:emergence:ambiguity:intensional_fallacy|Intensional fallacy]]

===== More information =====

  * [[wp>Extensional and intensional definitions]] on //Wikipedia//

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