| The criterial solution depends on the claim that the link between behavior and mental states is not an inductive inference. |
| A strict ideational theory requires that all the criterial beliefs be satisfied in the correct application of the concept. |
| The theory supposes that, while different people can possess some different beliefs about race, they share certain criterial beliefs and these serve to define the concept. |
| Reductionism and the criterial theory lean heavily on the notion of analytic or conceptual truth. |
| But post-traumatic stress disorder is especially amenable to misuse because so many of its criterial features are non-specific and subjective. |
| It is important, however, to emphasize that such capacities are not themselves intended to be definitive or in any way criterial for consciousness. |
