mentalistic

Characterized by appeal to mental states (such as beliefs, desires, intentions, feelings) in describing, explaining, or predicting behaviour or other phenomena; employing or pertaining to vocabulary or predicates about such states (often co

Mentalistic explanations allay curiosity and bring inquiry to a stop.

In this respect, our familiar mentalistic vocabulary (viz. our talk of thoughts, feelings, and expectations) would be similar in important respects to other theoretically embedded vocabularies.

Of or relating to mentalism or mentalists.