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Marcus on Belief and Belief in the Impossible

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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Abstract

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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Richard, Markrichard4@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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