Cognitivism may refer to: Cognitivism (ethics), the philosophical view that ethical sentences express propositions and are capable of being true or false Cognitivism (psychology), a psychological approach that argues that mental function can be understood as the internal manipulation of symbols Cognitivism (aesthetics), a view that cognitive psychology can help understand art and the response to it Anecdotal cognitivism, a psychological methodology for interpreting animal behavior in terms of mental states

See also Cognition, the study of the human mind Cognitive anthropology Cognitive science Computationalism Philosophy of mind Situated cognition Socio-cognitive Symbol grounding