Belief about the self : a defense of the property theory of content / Neil Feit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feit, Neil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

xvi, 195 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Contents:

Mental content and the problem of De Se belief

Cognitive attitudes and content

The doctrine of propositions

The problem of De Se belief

The property theory of content

In favor of the property theory

Perry's messy shopper and the argument from explanation

Lewis's case of the two Gods

Arguments from internalism and physicalism

An inference to the best explanation

Alternatives to the property theory

The triadic view of belief

How the property theory and the triadic view are rivals

Dyadic propositionalism reconsidered

Arguments against the property theory

Self-ascription and self-awareness

Nonexistence and impossible contents

Stalnaker's argument

Propositionalist arguments from inference

The property theory and De Re belief

Lewis's account of De Re belief

McKay's objection to Lewis

Mistaken identity and the case of the shy secret admirer

Some other worries and concluding remarks

The property theory, rationality, and Kripke's puzzle about belief

Kripke's puzzle about belief

The puzzle argument

A solution to the puzzle

Puzzles with empty names and kind terms

The property theory, twin earth, and belief about kinds

Twin earth and two kinds of internalism

The twin earth argument

An internalist response (stage one)

An internalist response (stage two)

Self-ascription and belief about kinds.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index.

ISBN:

9780195341362

0195341368

OCLC:

173683589