propositional attitude
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpropositionalandattitude
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propositional
adjective
uk/ˌprɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən.əl/us/ˌprɑː.pəˈzɪʃ.ən.əl/
relating to statements or problems that must be solved or proved to be true or ...
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attitude
noun
uk/ˈæt.ɪ.tʃuːd/us/ˈæt̬.ə.tuːd/
a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused ...
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(Definition ofpropositionalandattitudefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But despite the fact that it is not itself apropositionalattitudeworship seems to be intimately related to propositional attitudes.
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What is, however, thepropositionalattitudeinvolved in utterances which declare facts as proven?
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This is the waypropositionalattitudestatements function in our speech.
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A speaker's presupposition is, in his view, apropositionalattitude.
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To believe is both a mental state and an utterance of thepropositionalattitudeformat.
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On my view, attitudinal pleasure is an undefinedpropositionalattitude; it does not necessarily involve any particular feelings.
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I also said that attitudinal pleasure is apropositionalattitudethat does not intrinsically involve any particular 'feelings'.
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The objection here seems to be this: on my view, attitudinal pleasure is a purely 'cognitive'propositionalattitude.
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In philosophical literature there are other designations (with slight variations) used to refer to the samepropositionalattitude.
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Also, apropositionalattitudestatement and the proposition it affirms both have referential intent, and both are susceptible to truth and falsity.
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There is an ambiguity here between thepropositionalattitudeand its content.
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As has often been noted, worship appears not to be apropositionalattitude.
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Verbs like ' tell ' and ' think ' embody thepropositionalattituderealized in the whole sentence.
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But if one were conflatingpropositionalattitudestatements like those in creeds with performative utterances one might claim that the doctrinal affirmation itself could affect the truth of the utterance.
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They stand in contrast to symbolic models, exemplified in standard decision theory, belief revision, indeed the wholepropositionalattitudetradition, which uses systems of symbol manipulation to model cognitive processes.
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Lindbeck's mistake is to confuse this sort of self-referring assertion\\performative utterance with the more indirect self-reference inpropositionalattitudestatements like those in the creeds.
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Patients with dorsolateral frontal cortex lesions have difficulty discerningpropositionalattitude.
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Focalization is conceived as related to the expression of propositional attitudes.
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