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Thought-contents : on the ontology of belief and the semantics of belief attribution

Title
Thought-contents : on the ontology of belief and the semantics of belief attribution / Steven E. Boër.
Author
Boër, Steven E.
Publication
Dordrecht : Springer, 2007.

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Description
xviii, 374 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Philosophical studies series ; v. 104
Uniform Title
Philosophical studies series ; v. 104.
Subject
  • Belief and doubt
  • Meinung
  • Gehalt Philosophie
  • Ontologie
  • Ontologie (filosofie)
  • Gedachte-experimenten
  • Zintuigen
  • Meningen
  • Semantiek
  • Formale Semantik
  • Glaube
  • Ontologie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-361) and index.
Contents
G Pt. I. Preliminaries -- 1. Terms of the art -- 2. Adequacy conditions and failed theories -- Pt. II. Ontology -- 3. Logical forms and mental representations : the lesson of Russell's multiple relation theory of judgment -- 4. Thought-contents, senses, and the belief relation : the proto-theory -- 5. Thought-contents, senses, and the belief relation : the full theory -- Pt. III. Semantics -- 6. Belief reports and compositional semantics -- 7. Meeting the semantical adequacy conditions -- 8. Objections and replies -- Pt. IV. Rear-guard action -- 9. The case for object-dependent thoughts -- 10. A critique of rival accounts of singular thoughts.
ISBN
  • 9781402050848
  • 1402050844
  • 9781402050855
  • 1402050852
LCCN
2007275390
OCLC
  • ocm78203051
  • 78203051
  • SCSB-9578542
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library