Abstract
This paper argues that representationalism of a Fodorian variety can accommodate the fact that beliefs come in degrees. First, it responds to two key arguments to the contrary. Second, it builds upon these responses and outlines a novel representationalist theory of degrees of beliefs. I call this theory dispositional representationalism, as it involves direct appeal to our dispositions to form representations and propositional attitudes concerning them.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 8943-8964 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Synthese |
Volume | 199 |
Issue number | 3-4 |
Early online date | 10 Jun 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2021 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Representationalism
- Dispositionalism
- Belief
- Degrees of belief
- Fodor
- Dispositional representationalism