| While I am not sure that the effect of attitudinals on truth values is the
most interesting question about them nor the best way to put the question that is being asked under that rubric, it is the center of the present discussion. Permit me to try out a schema on this topic, classifying attitudinals as I Presupposing the attached bridi is true A. responding the claimed situation and its immediate, obvious, "inevitable" effects (pure emotions) B. responding to the possibilities it opens (I take it this is Lojbab's hope) II Not presupposing the attached bridi is true (maybe separated into no presupposition and presupposing false, but the next moves seem about the same -- though may have different names Response if it were true (hope-fear) Evaluation (should) Commitment to its being true (wish - intend ) Involvement of others (suggestion - power based range of petitions) I'm not sure about the structure of this last bit, but I think this is approximately correct. Comments? |