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1. intentionality

Intentionality refers to the aboutness of mental states...

Posted 11/08/2021
2. mental representation

Mental representations are hypothetical objects in the mind that represent the world...

Posted 11/06/2021
3. format

The format of a mental representation is its structure. Format is opposed to content...

Posted 11/05/2021
4. meaning

When someone says "canaries sing songs," you understand them. Whatever you understand is the meaning of the sentence "canaries sing songs."...

Posted 11/05/2021
5. modal / amodal

In psychology, a modality is a medium of sensation, such as vision or hearing. A concept is modal if it has the same mental representation as sensation...

Posted 11/04/2021