New Essays on Belief

Constitution, Content, and Structure
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-02651-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4434 g

Belief is a fundamental concept within many branches of contemporary philosophy and an important subject in its own right. This volume comprises 11 original essays on belief written by a range of the best authors in the field.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nottelmann, N.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; Nikolaj Nottelmann 1. Belief Metaphysics – The Basic Questions; Nikolaj Nottelmann 2. Belief: A Study of Form, Content, and Reference; Robert Audi 3. Why Believe in Contentless Beliefs?; Daniel D. Hutto 4. A Dispositional Approach to Attitudes: Thinking Outside of the Belief Box; Eric Schwitzgebel 5. Beliefs and Belief's Penumbra; Robert J. Matthews 6. Belief and Its Bedfellows; Tim Bayne and Anandi Hattiangadi 7. On Knowing Your Own Beliefs: A Representationalist Account; Peter Carruthers 8. Keeping Attitude Metaphysics out of Attitude Ascription Semantics (and Vice Versa); Erin Eaker 9. Losing Belief, While Keeping up the Attitudes: The Case for Cognitive Phenomenology; Søren Harnow Klausen 10. Belief State Intensity; Dale Jacquette 11. Some Metaphysical Implications of a Credible Ethics of Belief; Nikolaj Nottelmann & Rik Peels Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Audi, University of Notre Dame, USA
Tim Bayne, University of Manchester, UK
Peter Carruthers, University of Maryland, USA
Erin Eaker, University of Maryland, USA
Anandi Hattiangadi, St Hilda's College, University of Oxford, UK
Daniel D. Hutto, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Dale Jacquette, University of Bern, Switzerland
Søren Harnow Klausen, University of Southern Denmark
Robert J. Matthews, Rutgers University, USA
Rik Peels, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Eric Schwitzgebel, The University of California, Riverside, USA