Single Idea 4095

[catalogued under 15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / a. Nature of intentionality]

Full Idea

Love, hate, and the other object-directed attitudes have as much of a role in explaining behaviour as the propositional attitudes.

Clarification

Propositional attitudes are attitudes to proposiions, like believing or hoping it is raining

Gist of Idea

Object-directed attitudes like love are just as significant as propositional attitudes

Source

Tim Crane (Elements of Mind [2001], 4.34)

Book Reference

Crane,Tim: 'Elements of Mind' [OUP 2001], p.114


A Reaction

A good clarification of the range of intentional states. Objects seem to be external, where propositions are clearly internal.