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Ideas for Francois-Marie Voltaire, John Searle and Barbara Vetter

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13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / a. Justification issues

3831	Reasons can either be facts in the world, or intentional states [Searle]
	Full Idea: Both reasons and the things they are reasons for can be either facts in the world or intentional states such as beliefs, desires, and intentions.
	From: John Searle (Rationality in Action [2001], Ch.4.I)
	A reaction: One might point out that beliefs, desires and intentions are facts in the world too. Implicit dualism. One can ask, what turns a fact into a reason?