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Mental states: Mental states are internal states of mind that include thoughts, feelings, emotions, sensations, and perceptions. They are subjective experiences that cannot be directly observed by others. See also Brain states, Brain, Thoughts, Thinking, Cognition, Consciousness, Perception, Sensation, Emotions, Behavior._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Christopher Peacocke on Mental States - Dictionary of Arguments
I 4 Content/Peacocke: mental states have content. >Content, >Content of thought, >Propositional content. Sensation: sensation is fundamental. >Sensory impressions, >Sensation. Experience: is itself a psychological condition in its own right. >Experience. I 152 Mental state/Peacocke: to think that it’s cold, does not cause the judgment that it is cold. >Judgment, >Causation, >Thinking, >World/thinking. I 212 Immaterial/material/Peacocke: a mental state may consist in a concentration of any "substance" in neurons, or, otherwise: in a distribution. >Brain, >Brain states, >Internal states._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Peacocke I Chr. R. Peacocke Sense and Content Oxford 1983 Peacocke II Christopher Peacocke "Truth Definitions and Actual Languges" In Truth and Meaning, G. Evans/J. McDowell, Oxford 1976 |