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    Challenges→It is appropriate to attribute mental states in the explanation of behavior when doing so supports successful predictions of behavior

    If predictive success alone justifies mental state attribution, then the same behavior predicted by competing frameworks generates contradictory but equally legitimate mental state ascriptions.

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    Competing frameworks(as used in philosophy of mind)
    Different theories or systems that try to explain the same thing but use different approaches or assumptions.
    Contradictory(Used to characterize Γ ∪ {¬φ} when Γ ∪ {¬φ} has no model)
    A set of formulas from which a contradiction is syntactically derivable
    Equally legitimate(as used in epistemology)
    Having the same level of validity or justification; one is not better supported than the other.
    Justifies(as what distinguishes good reasons from mere causes)
    In philosophy, to show that a belief is reasonable or has good grounds to be believed, not just that it's what you happen to think.
    Mental state ascriptions(as used in philosophy of mind)

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    Claims or statements about what mental states (thoughts, beliefs, desires) someone is experiencing.
    Mental state attribution(as used in philosophy of mind)
    The act of assuming that another being has thoughts, beliefs, or desires going on in their mind.
    predictive success(Second root of virtuous predictivism)
    The empirical demonstration that the entailed consequence N is true

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