Jacquette's Intentionality Test thought experiment is intended to show that
A) the intentional content of mental states is reducible to physical or functional properties.
B) intentionality is not a primitive property.
C) what our thoughts are about is determined by features of them other than their intentionality.
D) what our thoughts are about is not determined by any feature of them other than their intentionality.

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Jacquette's Intentionality Test thought experiment is designed to argue that the content of our thoughts (what our thoughts are about) is determined solely by their intentionality, not by any other feature. This emphasizes the unique role of intentionality in the nature of mental states.

Jacquette's Intentionality Test Thought Experiment Is Intended to Show That