Propositional 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 they imply a person can have different mental postures towards a proposition, for example,
believing,
desiring or
hoping.
Linguistically, they are denoted by an embedded "that" clause, for example, 'Sally believed that she had won'.
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