Lexicon of Arguments

 

Cresswell II 146
Belief/Prior/Cresswell: Thesis: Belief should not be considered a predicate of that-sentence - but instead believes-that should be seen as a syntactic unit that is applied directly to a sentence.
Cf. >That-sentences, >Predicates, >Beliefs, >Objects of thought, >Objects of belief.
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Prior I 6f
Belief/Prior: no adequate approach without distinction between mind state of belief and that which is believed (state/content).
>Belief state/Perry, >Mind state.
Prior: in case of false beliefs: instead of non-existing object: attribution: E.g. Othello attributes infidelity to Desdemona.
>`Attribution, >Predication, >Non-existence.
PriorVsRussell: Problem: above it is abstract loyalty.
>Abstract objects, >Abstractness.
In case of falsity, the belief relation would then need to have an additional position (to the true fact).
>Relation theory.
I 11
False Belief/Russell: false facts fail in truth-making.
>Truthmakers, >Facts.
Montague: points in the wrong direction.
>R. Montague.
PriorVs: not for a neutral observer.
>Intentionality, >Thinking.
I 27
Belief/Prior: belief is no relation - E.g. ...that nothing is perfect: there is no object.
>Generality, >Generalization.
I 53
Belief Function/Prior: E.g. X believes that ... is not identical in identical propositions: e.g.

...is a bachelor/...is an unmarried man.

although one may feel that the propositions are self-identical.
I 81
Belief/Prior: you do not have to believe rightly that you believe something.
>about/Prior)
You can also simultaneously believe p and not-p.
You can believe something contradictory.
E.g. the fear that God will punish you for your disbelief.
>Thinking, >Logic.
You can find out that you did not believe what was thought you believed. - If someone believes what he says when he says that he mistakenly believes that it is raining, then this belief is not necessarily mistaken.
>Error, >Deception, >Falsehood, >Levels/order, >Description levels.
No epistemic logic ist necessary, propositional calculus is sufficient.
>Epistemic logic, >Propositional calculus.