propositionalism
English
Etymology
propositional + -ism
Noun
propositionalism (uncountable)
- (theology) The belief that a religious text should be treated as a series of logical propositions.
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{{rfdef}}.- Coordinate term: intensionalism
- 2013, Tim Crane, The Objects of Thought (page 108)
- The usual way to defend propositionalism is to say that ascriptions of intentional states by intensional transitives can be analysed to reveal covert material which shows their true propositional attitude structure.
- 2018, Alex Grzankowski, Michelle Montague, Non-Propositional Intentionality (page 3)
- The basic tenet of propositionalism is that every mental intentional attitude, every thought, pro-attitude, belief, desire, perception, adoration, resentment, contemplation, etc. is a fundamentally proposition-involving attitude.
Related terms
- propositionalist