03071nam 2200745 a 450 991080826980332120240516161938.01-280-57114-497866136007451-61451-082-210.1515/9781614510826(CKB)2550000000099593(EBL)913374(OCoLC)794383718(SSID)ssj0000681263(PQKBManifestationID)12236214(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000681263(PQKBWorkID)10655177(PQKB)11781778(MiAaPQ)EBC913374(DE-B1597)175325(OCoLC)853257944(DE-B1597)9781614510826(Au-PeEL)EBL913374(CaPaEBR)ebr10562582(CaONFJC)MIL360074(EXLCZ)99255000000009959320120521d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDirect belief an essay on the semantics, pragmatics, and metaphysics of belief /by Jonathan Berg1st ed.Berlin De Gruyter Mouton20121 online resource (168 p.)Mouton series in pragmatics,1864-6409 ;13Description based upon print version of record.1-61451-090-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Preface --Acknowledgements --Contents --Introduction --Chapter 1. The instability of belief ascriptions (and how not to explain it) --Chapter 2. The pragmatics of substitutivity --Chapter 3. Conceptions, belief, and "inner speech" --References --IndexJonathan Berg argues for the Theory of Direct Belief, which treats having a belief about an individual as an unmediated relation between the believer and the individual the belief is about. After a critical review of alternative positions, Berg uses Grice's theory of conversational implicature to provide a detailed pragmatic account of substitution failure in belief ascriptions and goes on to defend this view against objections, including those based on an unwarranted ""Inner Speech"" Picture of Thought. The work serves as a case study in pragmatic explanation, dealing also with methodologicalMouton series in pragmatics ;13.PragmaticsSemantics (Philosophy)Language and languagesPhilosophyBelief and doubtGricean Maxims.Philosophy of Language.Semantics and Pragmatics.Pragmatics.Semantics (Philosophy)Language and languagesPhilosophy.Belief and doubt.401/.45ER 940rvkBerg Jonathan1954-1659779MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808269803321Direct belief4014601UNINA