• Attitude

    Date: 2009.10.06 | Category: Glossary, Unit SSK12 | Tags:

    Glossary
    Unit: SSK12
    Week: 1-5 (in Week 6)
    Date: 06 October 2009

    Word: attitude n.
    Context: Essay preparation: “Using the concept of a ‘world view’, identify some of the beliefs and attitudes….”
    Definition: The Australian Oxford Dictionary (2004) puts it as “a settled opinion or way of thinking” and the “behavior reflecting this” opinion or way of thinking. The Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy (2009) elaborates for us by explaining that belief is:

    A mental state of approval or disapproval, favouring or disfavouring. It is associated with emotion and feeling, but is contrasted to belief. While belief is concerned with fact and is cognitive, attitude is concerned with evaluation and emotional response. People having the same beliefs might have different attitudes, or have the same attitudes although they have different beliefs toward the same object. Hence the distinction between attitude and belief amounts to the distinction between value and fact.

    Word in Use: I have a positive attitude toward tertiary education.

    The Australian Oxford Dictionary. 2004. 2nd ed. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

    Bunnin, N. and J. Yu. eds. 2009. The Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy. West Sussex, U.K.: Wiley-Blackwell.