What do belief ascribers really mean? A reply to Stephen Schiffer

Margaret - Reimer

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Abstract

Stephen Schiffer has recently claimed that the currently popular "hidden-indexical" theory of belief reports is an implausible theory of such reports. His central argument for this claim is based on what he refers to as the "meaning-intention" problem. In this paper, I claim that the meaning-intention problem is powerless against the hidden-indexical theory of belief reports. I further contend that the theory is in fact a plausible theory of such reports.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)404-423
Number of pages20
JournalPacific Philosophical Quarterly
Volume77
Issue number4
StatePublished - 1996

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What do belief ascribers really mean? A reply to Stephen Schiffer. / Reimer, Margaret -.

In: Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 4, 1996, p. 404-423.

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Reimer, M 1996, 'What do belief ascribers really mean? A reply to Stephen Schiffer', Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 77, no. 4, pp. 404-423.
Reimer M. What do belief ascribers really mean? A reply to Stephen Schiffer. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. 1996;77(4):404-423.
Reimer, Margaret -. / What do belief ascribers really mean? A reply to Stephen Schiffer. In: Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. 1996 ; Vol. 77, No. 4. pp. 404-423.
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