Ambiguous Statements about Akrasia
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چکیده
Epistemologists take themselves to disagree about whether there are situations where it is rational for one believe that p and one’s evidence does not support (rational akrasia). The embedded sentence ‘one’s p’ can be interpreted in two ways, however, depending on what the semantic contribution of evidence’ taken be. ‘One’s might seen as a sheer indexical or descriptive singular term. first interpretation makes relevant kind akrasia impossible, whereas second possible. But proposition expressed by each these interpretations same. We thus have reconstruction views labeled being against possibility according which they do really contradict other.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Philosophy
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0022-362X', '1939-8549']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil20221191138