What does the word pro-attitude mean in the following sentence:
Intentions are pro-attitudes, directed towards some future state of affairs.
I couldn't find this word in the dictionaries.
Could you suggest a synonym for this word or explain it in some other words?
"A pro-attitude is an agent 's mental attitude directed toward an action under a certain description. Such attitudes include wants, desires , urges, moral views, aesthetic principles, and economic prejudices. Such a set of mental attitudes, together with the agent's belief that acting in a certain way promotes what the agent wants or values, form the primary reason for an agent to act in that way."
In simple terms, a pro-attitude is an urge or desire that drives an action.
