Intentionality

Intentionality is the quality of an action performed deliberately, with the agent acting for a reason or toward an intended outcome rather than by accident.

Agency: The capacity of an entity to act and bring about effects. Intentionality describes a distinctive way an agent exercises this capacity.
Practical reasoning: Reasoning about what to do and which means can achieve an end. It connects an agent’s goals and beliefs to a deliberate course of action.
Accidental action: An action or outcome that occurs without being intended by the agent. It marks the central contrast between deliberate conduct and mishap.
Moral responsibility: The status of an agent as deserving moral praise or blame for conduct. Whether an act was intentional often changes how blame is assigned.
Intention: A mental commitment or plan directed toward an action or outcome. An intention helps distinguish deliberate action from accidental behavior.
Motor control: The processes that plan, coordinate, and adjust bodily movement. Intentions guide movements through systems that execute and regulate action.
Reflex: A rapid, involuntary response to a stimulus, produced without deliberate control. Reflexes can be actions in a broad sense without being intentional.
Criminal intent: A person’s legally relevant mental state when committing a crime. Criminal law distinguishes deliberate wrongdoing from negligence and accident.
Purpose: The aim or end for which an action or thing exists or is done. An action can be intentional because it is undertaken for a purpose.
Action theory: The philosophical study of action, agency, intention, and practical explanation. It provides a framework for analyzing what makes behavior an action.

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