03398nam 22006855 450 991050264160332120230811001932.09789811635175981163517X10.1007/978-981-16-3517-5(CKB)4100000012038822(MiAaPQ)EBC6737939(Au-PeEL)EBL6737939(OCoLC)1272996000(DE-He213)978-981-16-3517-5(EXLCZ)99410000001203882220210930d2021 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRepresentational Content and the Objects of Thought /by Nicholas Rimell1st ed. 2021.Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2021.1 online resource (221 pages)9789811635168 9811635161 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Narrow Representational Content -- Narrow Content and Propositions -- Private Propositions -- Why We Cannot Think about Nonexistents -- Against Necessary Existence -- Conclusion.It is commonly held that our beliefs are attitudes towards propositions, and that a belief's truth value (true or false) 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 error theory meant to explain what we are doing when we think 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 prima facie 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.Philosophy of mindMetaphysicsLanguage and languagesPhilosophyCognitive psychologySemioticsPhilosophy of MindMetaphysicsPhilosophy of LanguageCognitive PsychologySemioticsPhilosophy of mind.Metaphysics.Language and languagesPhilosophy.Cognitive psychology.Semiotics.Philosophy of Mind.Metaphysics.Philosophy of Language.Cognitive Psychology.Semiotics.405Rimell Nicholas1072948MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910502641603321Representational Content and the Objects of Thought2569153UNINA