Belief Reports and the Structure of Believing (Lecture Notes) - Hardcover

Henry, Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1575861410 ISBN 13: 9781575861418

Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Inf, 1998

Synopsis

This book weaves together concerns from three different literatures in philosophy: the logical analysis of propositional attitude reports (Quine), the semantics and metaphysics of cognition (Fodor, Putnam, Burge), and issues of causation and externalism in epistemology (Gettier, Goldman, Lehrer). The topics these literatures deal with fit naturally together, but the literatures do not. Often ideas are developed in isolation from the others; sometimes authors in one area see the relevance of the others, but do not have the patience to get things straight. This work is based on the version of Philip R. Henry's dissertation that was left behind after his untimely death in 1987. Professor Julius Moravscik, Henry's advisor, and Professor John Perry, a member of Henry's committee, felt it worthwhile to make the ideas of this serious and talented philosopher available to the philosophy community.

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Book Description

Belief Reports and the Structure of Believing weaves together concerns from three different literatures in philosophy: the logical analysis of propositional attitude reports (Quine), the semantics and metaphysics of cognition (Fodor, Putnam, Burge), and issues of causation and externalism in epistemology (Gettier, Goldman, Lehrer).

Edition details

• Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Inf
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1575861410
• ISBN 13: 9781575861418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144