propositional attitude
1propositional attitude — noun (philosophy) The attitude adopted by a person towards a proposition • • • Main Entry: ↑proposition …
2Propositional attitude — A propositional attitude is a relational mental state connecting a person to a proposition. They are often assumed to be the simplest components of thought and can express meanings or content that can be true or false. In being a type of attitude …
3propositional attitude — Psychological state expressed by a verb that may take a subordinate clause beginning with that as its complement. Verbs such as believe, hope, fear, desire, intend, and know all express propositional attitudes. The linguistic contexts created by… …
4propositional attitude — noun A relational mental state connecting a person to a proposition, such as believing that, desiring that, or hoping that …
5Attitude (psychology) — Attitude is a hypothetical construct that represents an individual s like or dislike for an item. Attitudes are positive, negative or neutral views of an attitude object : i.e. a person, behaviour or event. People can also be ambivalent towards a …
6Attitude — may refer to: NOTOC Psychology* Attitude (psychology), a person s perspective toward a specified target * Propositional attitude, a relational mental state connecting a person to a propositionMusic* Attitude (rapper) * Attitudes (band), a 1970s… …
7propositional — See proposition. * * * (as used in expressions) propositional attitude propositional calculus propositional function * * * …
8propositional attitudes — If a person X thinks that p, desires that p, believes that p, is angry at p, and so on, then he or she is described as having a propositional attitude to p . The term suggests that these aspects of mental life are well thought of in terms of a… …
9List of philosophy topics (I-Q) — II and thou I Ching I Ching I proposition I Thou I Thou relationshipIaIamblichus (philosopher)IbYahya Ibn Adi Yahya Ibn Adi Ibn al Arabi Muhyi al Din Ibn al Arabi Abu Bakr Ibn Bajja Abu Bakr Ibn Bājja Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Yahya Ibn as Say igh… …
10Language of thought — Jerry A. Fodor s Language of Thought (LOT) hypothesis states that cognition and cognitive processes are only remotely plausible when expressed as computational in terms of representational systems. He uses empirical data drawn from linguistics… …
