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- Title
Singular thoughts, singular attitude reports, and acquaintance.
- Authors
Lee, Jeonggyu
- Abstract
It is widely accepted among philosophers that there is a tension between acquaintance constraints on singular thought and the plausible assumption that the truths of singular attitude reports ensure the subject's having singular thoughts. From this, anti‐acquaintance theorists contend that acquaintance constraints must be rejected. As a response, many acquaintance theorists maintain that there is good reason to doubt a strong connection between singular attitude reports and singular thoughts. In this paper, however, I defend the acquaintance theory by arguing that there is in fact no tension at all. I consider three objections regarding singular attitude reports against the acquaintance theory: (i) ultra‐liberal singular attitude reports, (ii) the "There is something that S believes to be F" locution, and (iii) infelicities of singular attitude reports. Then, I argue that none of them succeed in showing a genuine tension.
- Subjects
ATTITUDE (Psychology); PHILOSOPHERS; THEORISTS
- Publication
Analytic Philosophy, 2023, Vol 64, Issue 2, p126
- ISSN
2153-9596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/phib.12254