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What is intentionality for John Searle?
In Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind (1983), Searle applies the principles of his account(s) of illocutionary acts to the investigation of intentionality
Are there any other interesting aspects about the John Searle article?
Searle also introduces a technical term the Background, which, according to him, has been the source of much philosophical discussion.

Question: What does the background mean?
Self-contained rewrite: What does the background mean for John Searle?