Mental state
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- | [[Image:Characters Caricaturas by William Hogarth.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Characters Caricaturas]]'' ([[1743]]) by [[William Hogarth]]]] | + | [[Image:Diagram of the human mind, from Robert Fludd (1574-1637), Utriusque cosmic maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Diagram of the human mind, from ''[[Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica]]'', page 217[http://www.archive.org/stream/utriusquecosmima02flud#page/217/mode/1up] by [[Robert Fludd]]]] |
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+ | [[Image:The Heart Has Its Reasons by Odilon Redon.jpg |thumb|left|200px|''[[The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing]]'' (c.[[1887]]) by [[Odilon Redon]], a phrase from the ''[[Pensées]]'' ([[1669]]) by [[Blaise Pascal]]]] | ||
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- | * In [[psychology]], '''mental state''' is an indication of a person's [[mental health]]. | + | '''Mental state''' may refer to: |
- | * In the [[philosophy of mind]], a '''mental state''' is the kind of state or process that is unique to thinking and feeling beings. These can be representational states, see [[propositional attitude]], or qualitative states, see [[qualia]]. | + | |
+ | * In [[clinical psychology]] and [[psychiatry]], an indication of a person's mental health, as determined by a [[mental state examination]] | ||
+ | * In [[cognitive psychology]] and the [[philosophy of mind]], a kind of hypothetical state or process that corresponds to thinking and feeling, consisting of a conglomerate of [[mental representation]]s and propositional attitudes | ||
+ | * In [[Buddhism]], a translation of the term [[Mental factors (Buddhism)|cetasika]], which is defined as aspects of the mind that apprehend the quality of an object, and that have the ability to color the mind. | ||
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+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | * [[Altered state of mind]], a mental state that is different from the normal state of consciousness | ||
+ | * [[Flow (psychology)]], the mental state of operation in which a person in an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus | ||
+ | * [[Mental factors (Buddhism)]] | ||
+ | * [[Mood (psychology)]], an emotional state | ||
+ | * [[Propositional attitude]], a relational mental state connecting a person to a proposition | ||
+ | * [[State of mind (disambiguation)]] | ||
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Mental state may refer to:
- In clinical psychology and psychiatry, an indication of a person's mental health, as determined by a mental state examination
- In cognitive psychology and the philosophy of mind, a kind of hypothetical state or process that corresponds to thinking and feeling, consisting of a conglomerate of mental representations and propositional attitudes
- In Buddhism, a translation of the term cetasika, which is defined as aspects of the mind that apprehend the quality of an object, and that have the ability to color the mind.
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See also
- Altered state of mind, a mental state that is different from the normal state of consciousness
- Flow (psychology), the mental state of operation in which a person in an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus
- Mental factors (Buddhism)
- Mood (psychology), an emotional state
- Propositional attitude, a relational mental state connecting a person to a proposition
- State of mind (disambiguation)
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