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Propositions, Representations and Pluri-Propositionalism

Volume 14 (2022): Issue 66 (December 2022)

By: John Perry

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|Feb 2023

Abstract

A frequent criticism of Richard Vallee’s “pluri-propositionalism” is that it multiplies propositions beyond necessity. I argue that this criticism, recently voiced by Robert Stanton and Arthur Sullivan, is based in misconceptions about propositions are and how they help us classify utterances and the mental states and events that lead to them, relying for the most part on extended discussions of examples.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2022-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2182-2875 | Journal ISSN: 0873-626X

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Language: English, Portuguese

Page range: 257 - 269

Published on: Feb 15, 2023

Published by: University of Lisbon

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

cognitive significance,

pluri-propositionalism,

representations,

Related subjects:

Selected philosophical movements,

Analytical philosophy

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