Full Idea
A Strong Cognitivist is someone who identifies an intention with a certain pertinent belief about what she is doing or about to do.
Gist of Idea
Strong Cognitivism identifies an intention to act with a belief
Source
Wilson,G/Schpall,S (Action [2012], 1.1)
Book Reference
'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.2
A Reaction
(Sarah Paul 2009 makes this distinction) The belief, if so, seems to be as much counterfactual as factual. Hope seems to come into it, which isn't exactly a belief.
Related Idea
Idea 20017 Weak Cognitivism says intentions are only partly constituted by a belief [Wilson/Schpall]