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Propositional Attitudes: An Essay on Thoughts and How We Ascribe Them

By Mark Richard

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1990
ISBN
9780521388191, 0521388198, 0521381266, 9780521381260
LCC
BC181 .R5 1990
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (7908249 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
Pages
288\285
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book makes a stimulating contribution to the philosophy of language and philosophy of mind. It begins with a spirited defense of the view that propositions are structured and that propositional structure is "psychologically real." The author then develops a subtle view of propositions and attitude ascription. The view is worked out in detail with attention to such topics as the semantics of conversations, iterated attitude ascriptions, and the role of propositions as bearers of truth. Along the way important issues in the philosophy of mind are addressed.

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