LEADER 03071nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910808269803321 005 20240516161938.0 010 $a1-280-57114-4 010 $a9786613600745 010 $a1-61451-082-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781614510826 035 $a(CKB)2550000000099593 035 $a(EBL)913374 035 $a(OCoLC)794383718 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000681263 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12236214 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000681263 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10655177 035 $a(PQKB)11781778 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC913374 035 $a(DE-B1597)175325 035 $a(OCoLC)853257944 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781614510826 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL913374 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10562582 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL360074 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000099593 100 $a20120521d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDirect belief $ean essay on the semantics, pragmatics, and metaphysics of belief /$fby Jonathan Berg 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerlin $cDe Gruyter Mouton$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (168 p.) 225 1 $aMouton series in pragmatics,$x1864-6409 ;$v13 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61451-090-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgements --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. The instability of belief ascriptions (and how not to explain it) --$tChapter 2. The pragmatics of substitutivity --$tChapter 3. Conceptions, belief, and "inner speech" --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aJonathan Berg argues for the Theory of Direct Belief, which treats having a belief about an individual as an unmediated relation between the believer and the individual the belief is about. After a critical review of alternative positions, Berg uses Grice's theory of conversational implicature to provide a detailed pragmatic account of substitution failure in belief ascriptions and goes on to defend this view against objections, including those based on an unwarranted ""Inner Speech"" Picture of Thought. The work serves as a case study in pragmatic explanation, dealing also with methodological 410 0$aMouton series in pragmatics ;$v13. 606 $aPragmatics 606 $aSemantics (Philosophy) 606 $aLanguage and languages$xPhilosophy 606 $aBelief and doubt 610 $aGricean Maxims. 610 $aPhilosophy of Language. 610 $aSemantics and Pragmatics. 615 0$aPragmatics. 615 0$aSemantics (Philosophy) 615 0$aLanguage and languages$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aBelief and doubt. 676 $a401/.45 686 $aER 940$2rvk 700 $aBerg$b Jonathan$f1954-$01659779 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808269803321 996 $aDirect belief$94014601 997 $aUNINA