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

by Mark Richard

• ISBN13: 9780521388191
• ISBN10: 0521388198
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780511876592
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-02-23
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Summary

This book makes a stimulating contribution to the philosophy of language and philosophy of mind. It begins with a spirited defence 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. Though intended primarily for professional philosophers and graduate students the book will also interest cognitive scientists and linguists.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Structure

Structureless propositions

Structured intensions

The structure of propositions

The sorts of sententialism

Tacit beliefs

Some Cognitive Theories of Content

A problem for Fregeanism

An obvious solution reconsidered

Sense and similarity

Conceptual role

Conclusion

Ascribing Attitudes

Russellianism

Saying what others think

Worries about words

Applications and amplifications

Some Issues in Logic and Semantics

Quantification and Leibniz's law

Deomonstratives and reflexivity

Belief retention

Truth and RAMs

Reference and content

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

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