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A '''mental property''' or  a '''mind property''' is a [[Philosophy:Property|property]] of a/the [[Mind|mind]]. The term is mostly used in [[Philosophy:Philosophy of mind|philosophy of mind]], without prejudice as to the [[Philosophy:Ontology|ontological]] status of mental properties. Examples might include general properties, such as being able to think, understand or [[Biology:Recall (memory)|remember]], or more specific actions such as "having a thought about Paris". The term is often used in the context of the mind body problem. For (non eliminative) [[Physicalism|physicalists]], mental properties are a kind of high level property which can be understood in terms of fine-grained [[Biology:Neurology|neural]] activity. [[Philosophy:Property dualism|Property dualists]], on the other hand, claim that no such [[Reductionism|reductive explanation]] is possible. Eliminativists may reject the existence of mental properties, or at least of those corresponding to [[Philosophy:Folk psychology|folk psychological]] categories such as thought and memory. Some philosophers seek to find a unifying characteristic for the generally accepted mental properties: a famous example is [[Biography:Franz Brentano|Franz Brentano]]'s claim that all mental properties are characterised by [[Philosophy:Intentionality|intentionality]] or "aboutness".
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