Success semantics: the sequel |
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Authors: | Bence Nanay |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Philosophy, University of Antwerp, D 413, Grote Kauwenberg 18, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium 2. Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1RD, UK
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Abstract: | The aim of this paper is to reinterpret success semantics, a theory of mental content, according to which the content of a belief is fixed by the success conditions of some actions based on this belief. After arguing that in its present form, success semantics is vulnerable to decisive objections, I examine the possibilities of salvaging the core of this proposal. More specifically, I propose that the content of some very simple, but very important, mental states, the immediate mental antecedents of action, can be explained in this manner. |
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