BUT WHY? o Because for folk psychologists, there are something special about our beliefs o First, there are various causal properties concerning be liefs. Beliefs are the sort of states that are caused in certain specific circumstances. interact with other cognitive states in various ways, and come to generate various sorts of behavior, depending on the agents other desires and mental states o Second, beliefs have intentionality(意向性); that is, they each express a proposition or are about a particular state of affairs. This inherent intentionality (also called meaning,, content', and “ semantic character'语义学特征), is commonly regarded as something special about beliefs and other propositional attitudesBUT WHY?  Because for folk psychologists, there are something special about our beliefs.  First, there are various causal properties concerning beliefs. Beliefs are the sort of states that are caused in certain specific circumstances, interact with other cognitive states in various ways, and come to generate various sorts of behavior, depending on the agent's other desires and mental states.  Second, beliefs have intentionality(意向性); that is, they each express a proposition or are about a particular state of affairs. This inherent intentionality (also called “meaning”, “content”, and “semantic character”语义学特征), is commonly regarded as something special about beliefs and other propositional attitudes