# Why intentionality is not representation **Abstract:** The idea that the term ‘intentionality’ can be equated with the term ‘representation’ has achieved almost universal assent by philosophers of mind working within the analytic tradition. In this paper I argue that equating the two notions is a mistake. Instead, we should consider representational states to be a subset of intentional states. In other words, there are some mental states which are intentional, but not representational. My argument for this claim makes use of an increasingly popular view; namely, that not all intentional states are propositional attitudes. I want to make an additional claim: all representational states are propositional attitudes. The conjunction of these two claims results in the conclusion that intentionality and representation are different features that mental states can possess, and must not be conflated.