The intentional stance is a term made famous by philosopher Daniel Dennett for the level of ideas in which we view the behavior of a thing in terms of mental properties. It’s a part of a theory of mental content proposed by Dennett, which provides the underpinnings of his later works on free will, consciousness, evolution, and psychology. According to Dennett, there are three different strategies that we might use when confronted with objects or systems. The first being the design stance, second being the physical stance, and finally the intentional stance. Philosophers use them to predict and explain the behavior of the entity in question. Dennett suggest that we look at each other’s subjectivity from an objective point of view. The mind body
