{"product_id":"representational-content-and-the-objects-of-thought-9789811635168","title":"Representational Content and the Objects of Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Nicholas Rimell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mind \u0026amp; Body\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is commonly held that our beliefs are attitudes towards \u003ci\u003epropositions\u003c\/i\u003e, and that a belief's truth value (\u003ci\u003etrue\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003efalse\u003c\/i\u003e) depends on the truth value of the proposition toward which it is an attitude. From this plausible view Rimell builds a theory of mental representation with two striking features. First, our \"I\" beliefs have private content--content that only a single subject can entertain. Second, it is impossible to think about nonexistents (e.g., Santa Claus, the fountain of youth). In light of the latter claim, Rimell offers an \u003ci\u003eerror theory\u003c\/i\u003e meant to explain what we are doing when we \u003ci\u003ethink\u003c\/i\u003e we're thinking about nonexistents. To non-specialists, this book serves as a clear, careful introduction to central questions at the intersection of metaphysics, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind: Are thought and meaning entirely in the head? What's special about first-personal thought and speech? How (if at all) can we think about nonexistents, given that \u003ci\u003eprima facie\u003c\/i\u003e thinking involves a relation between a subject and an object of thought? To specialists, this book is designed to challenge the standard ways of thinking about these questions and to offer a unified response to them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45277775724695,"sku":"9789811635168","price":7277.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789811635168.webp?v=1769289156","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/representational-content-and-the-objects-of-thought-9789811635168","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}