Direct Belief : : An Essay on the Semantics, Pragmatics, and Metaphysics of Belief / / Jonathan Berg.
Jonathan Berg argues for the Theory of Direct Belief, which treats having a belief about an individual as an unmediated relation between the believer and the individual the belief is about. After a critical review of alternative positions, Berg uses Grice's theory of conversational implicature...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012] ©2012 |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Mouton Series in Pragmatics [MSP] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (157 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The instability of belief ascriptions (and how not to explain it) -- Chapter 2. The pragmatics of substitutivity -- Chapter 3. Conceptions, belief, and “inner speech” -- References -- Index |
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Summary: | Jonathan Berg argues for the Theory of Direct Belief, which treats having a belief about an individual as an unmediated relation between the believer and the individual the belief is about. After a critical review of alternative positions, Berg uses Grice's theory of conversational implicature to provide a detailed pragmatic account of substitution failure in belief ascriptions and goes on to defend this view against objections, including those based on an unwarranted "Inner Speech" Picture of Thought. The work serves as a case study in pragmatic explanation, dealing also with methodological issues about context-sensitivity in language and the relation between semantics and pragmatics. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781614510826 9783110238570 9783110238488 9783110636970 9783110742961 9783110288995 9783110288902 9783110288896 |
ISSN: | 1864-6409 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781614510826 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Jonathan Berg. |