Is Affective Intentionality Necessarily Irrelevant in Social Cognition?

The aim of this work is to understand the meaning and the extent of “affective
intentionality”, to discover whether or not it is analogous to other concepts of
intentionality and if it can play a role in social cognition.
I will compare Searle’s conception of intentionality, in particular affective intentionality,
with Scheler’s concept of sympathy. The reason for this is that I believe the comparison
shows that it is not always necessary to presuppose something to have affective
intentionality.