Editing Intentionality (section)

===Eliminativism===
''Eliminativists'' deny that the example above is possible. It might seem to us and to Mary that she is thinking about something but she is not really thinking at all. Such a position could be motivated by a form of [[semantic externalism]], the view that the meaning of a term, or in this example the content of a thought, is determined by factors external to the subject.<ref name="Kriegel" /> If meaning depends on successful [[reference]] then failing to refer would result in a lack of meaning. The difficulty for such a position is to explain why it seems to Mary that she is thinking about something and how seeming to think is different from actual thinking.<ref name="Kriegel" />