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Full Idea
How do you find out that you believe, rather than, say, doubt or merely hope, that it will rain tomorrow?
Gist of Idea
How do we distinguish our attitudes from one another?
Source
Jaegwon Kim (Philosophy of Mind [1996], p.159)
Book Ref
Kim,Jaegwon: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Westview 1998], p.159
A Reaction
There should be a special medal created for philosophers who ask reasonable questions which are impossible to answer. They are among the greatest discoveries.
5686 | In some thoughts I grasp a subject, but also I will or fear or affirm or deny it [Descartes] |
3411 | How do we distinguish our attitudes from one another? [Kim] |
18416 | Attitudes involve properties (not propositions), and belief is self-ascribing the properties [Lewis, by Solomon] |
2440 | Propositional attitudes are propositions presented in a certain way [Fodor] |
3139 | Some attitudes are information (belief), others motivate (hatred) [Rey] |
2979 | Propositional attitudes require representation [Lyons] |
21631 | To know, believe, hope or fear, one must grasp the thought, but not when you fail to do them [Williamson] |
18020 | Propositional attitudes relate agents to either propositions, or meanings, or sentence/utterances [Magidor] |