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The indispensability of Farbung

Michael Pelczar

pp. 49-78

Abstract

I offer a theory of propositional attitudeascriptions that reconciles a number of independently plausiblesemantic principles. At the heart of the theory lies the claim thatpsychological verbs (such as ``to believe'' and ``to doubt'') vary incontent indexically. After defending this claim and explaining how itrenders the aforementioned principles mutually compatible, I arguethat my account is superior to currently popular hidden indexicaltheories of attitude ascription. To conclude I indicate a number oframifications that the proposed theory has for issues in epistemology,philosophy of mind, and formal semantics.

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Published in:

(2004) Synthese 138 (1).

Pages: 49-78

DOI: 10.1023/B:SYNT.0000012203.59944.c5

Full citation:

Pelczar Michael (2004) „The indispensability of Farbung“. Synthese 138 (1), 49–78.