Intencionalidad (del latín in-tendere, "tender hacia") es un término filosófico que se refiere a la propiedad de los hechos con referencia de la mente (o hechos psíquicos) por los que ésta indica, hace referencia o se dirige a un objeto (externo o interno). Es un tema que ha tomado relevancia desde la segunda mitad del siglo XX, y está en la raíz de la corriente fenomenológica. Más tardíamente, está presente también en la filosofía del lenguaje y de la mente.

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Intentionality is a philosophical concept and is defined by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy as "the power of minds to be about, to represent, or to stand for, things, properties and states of affairs". The term refers to the ability of the mind to form representations and should not be confused with intention. The once obsolete term dates from medieval scholastic philosophy, but in more recent times it has been resurrected by Franz Brentano and adopted by Edmund Husserl. The earliest theory of intentionality is associated with St. Anselm's ontological argument for the existence of God, and with his tenets distinguishing between objects that exist in the understanding and objects that exist in reality. Intentionality should not be confused with intensionality, a related concept from logic and semantics.

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