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Hope as a Primitive Mental State
Author(s) -
Segal Gabriel,
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Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
ratio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-9329
pISSN - 0034-0006
DOI - 10.1111/rati.12088
Subject(s) - mental state , state (computer science) , key (lock) , epistemology , psychology , philosophy , cognitive science , computer science , computer security , algorithm
We criticize attempts to define hope in terms of other psychological states and argue that hope is a primitive mental state whose nature can be illuminated by specifying key aspects of its functional profile.