The Language of Thought Hypothesis (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)First published Tue May 28, 2019; substantive revision Mon Oct 16, 2023 The language of thought hypothesis (LOTH) proposes that thinking occurs in a mental language. Often called Mentalese, the mental language resembles spoken language in several key respects: it contains words that can combine into sentences; the words and sentences are meaningful; and each sentence’s meaning depends in a systema
