Richard, Mark (2013) Marcus on Belief and Belief in the Impossible. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 28 (3). pp. 407-420. ISSN 2171-679X

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I review but don’t endorse Marcus’ arguments that impossible beliefs are impossible. I defend her claim that belief’s objects are, in some important sense, not the bearers of truth and falsity, discuss her dispositionalism about belief, and argue it’s a good fit with the idea that belief’s objects are Russellian states of affairs.

Reviso, pero no suscribo, los argumentos de Marcus a favor de que las creencias imposibles son imposibles.
Defiendo su tesis de que los objetos de las creencias no son, en algún sentido importante, los soportes
de la verdad y la falsedad; discuto su disposicionalismo acerca de las creencias y argumento que encaja bien
con la idea de que los objetos de las creencias son estados de cosas russellianos.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Richard, Mark richard4@fas.harvard.edu
Additional Information:	ISSN: 0495-4548 (print)
Keywords:	Belief; truth; dispositionalism; Ruth Barcan Marcus; Kripke's puzzle about belief; creencia; verdad; disposicionalismo; Ruth Barcan Marcus; la paradoja de Kripke acerca de las creencias
Depositing User:	Jennifer Chan
Date Deposited:	13 Dec 2013 20:01
Last Modified:	22 Apr 2014 15:39
Item ID:	10141
Journal or Publication Title:	THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science
Publisher:	Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco
Official URL:	http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/vi...
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1387/theoria.7102
Date:	July 2013
Page Range:	pp. 407-420
Volume:	28
Number:	3
ISSN:	2171-679X
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10141

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