Mental states: function of its conception in identification of paradigms of cognitive psychology

The article is an abbreviated version of the poster. It deals withthe subject matter of mental states, the concept of which is employedprimarily by "theory of mind" and folk psychology. The autor focuseson delimitating this kind of mental entities and listing theircharacteristic attributes. She further points out the basiccontradiction within the information paradigm, the manifestationof which is the formation of representationist paradigm contrapositiveto that of presentationism. Both these paradigms can be characterized,among others, by different attitude towards the possibility ofincorporating the concept of mental states to scientific psychology