Propositionalism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Propositionalism is a noun meaning (theology) The belief that a religious text should be treated as a series of logical propositions.
Meaning
(theology) The belief that a religious text should be treated as a series of logical propositions.
More Meanings
- (semantics) The view all intentionality is propositional; the belief that there can be no meaning without a proposition.
Example Sentences
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.
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 Words
Related dictionary entries include theology, probabiliorism, theologoumenon, probabilism, covenantalism, textualism.
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