{"product_id":"representational-content-and-the-objects-of-thought-paperback-1","title":"Representational Content and the Objects of Thought - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas Rimell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book defends a novel view of mental representation--of how, as thinkers, we represent the world as being. The book serves as a response to two problems in the philosophy of mind. One is the problem of first-personal, or egocentric, belief: how can we have truly first personal beliefs--beliefs in which we think about ourselves as ourselves--given that beliefs are supposed to be attitudes towards propositions and that propositions are supposed to have their truth values independent of a perspective? \u003c\/p\u003e The other problem is how we can think about nonexistents (e.g., Santa Claus) given the widespread view that thought essentially involves a relation between a thinker and whatever is being thought about. The standard responses to this puzzle are either to deny that thought is essentially relational or to insist that it is possible to stand in relations to nonexistents. This book offers an error theory to the problem.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe responses from this book arise from the same commitment: a commitment to treating talk of propositions--as the things towards which our beliefs are attitudes--as talk of entities that actually exist and that play a constitutive and explanatory role in the activity of thought. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is commonly held that our beliefs are attitudes towards \u003ci\u003epropositions\u003c\/i\u003e, and that a belief's truth value (\u003ci\u003etrue\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003efalse\u003c\/i\u003e) depends on the truth value of the proposition toward which it is an attitude. From this plausible view Rimell builds a theory of mental representation with two striking features. First, our \"I\" beliefs have private content--content that only a single subject can entertain. Second, it is impossible to think about nonexistents (e.g., Santa Claus, the fountain of youth). In light of the latter claim, Rimell offers an \u003ci\u003eerror theory\u003c\/i\u003e meant to explain what we are doing when we \u003ci\u003ethink\u003c\/i\u003e we're thinking about nonexistents. To non-specialists, this book serves as a clear, careful introduction to central questions at the intersection of metaphysics, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind: Are thought and meaning entirely in the head? What's special about first-personal thought and speech? How (if at all) can we think about nonexistents, given that \u003ci\u003eprima facie\u003c\/i\u003e thinking involves a relation between a subject and an object of thought? To specialists, this book is designed to challenge the standard ways of thinking about these questions and to offer a unified response to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholas Rimell is a lecturer in philosophy at the School of Philosophy and Sociology at Jilin University (Changchun, China). His research is in metaphysics and philosophy of mind, as well as philosophy of language and ethics. He is especially interested in where these areas of philosophy come together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 215\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47346522325241,"sku":"9789811635199","price":129.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RHNQdjRmbHRYZ0pZcUlzMnNNdUI3UT09_40791685-ed29-436d-8e66-2b9dafed51b4.webp?v=1769750526","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/representational-content-and-the-objects-of-thought-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}