Assertion and conditionals

Assertion and conditionals

by Appiah, Anthony

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This book develops in detail the simple idea that assertion is the expression of belief. In it the author puts forward a version of 'probabilistic semantics' which acknowledges that we are not perfectly rational, and which offers a significant advance in generality on theories of meaning couched in terms of truth conditions. It promises to challenge a number of entrenched and widespread views about the relations of language and mind. Part I presents a functionalist account of belief, worked thr…

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  • Full title :Assertion and conditionals / Anthony Appiah.

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This book develops in detail the simple idea that assertion is the expression of belief. In it the author puts forward a version of 'probabilistic semantics' which acknowledges that we are not perfectly rational, and which offers a significant advance in generality on theories of meaning couched in terms of truth conditions. It promises to challenge a number of entrenched and widespread views about the relations of language and mind. Part I presents a functionalist account of belief, worked through a modified form of decision theory. In Part II the author generates a theory of meaning in terms of 'assertibility conditions', whereby to know the meaning of an assertion is to know the belief it expresses.

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  • Publication Date:1985

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xiii, 265 Seiten)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780511895975, 0511895976, 9780521304115, 0521304113, 9780521071291, 0521071291
  • DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511895975
  • oclc:ocn967406905
  • LC Classification:BC199.C56
  • Dewey Decimal:160

Subjects

Belief and doubt Conditionals (Logic) Conditionnel (Logique) Croyance et doute Psychologie Psychology Truth Vérité

Writers

Appiah, Anthony

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