The Causal Role Argument against Doxasticism about Delusions
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The Causal Role Argument against Doxasticism about Delusions
In this paper we consider an argument that is very influential in the philosophical literature, the argument from causal role against the view that delusions are beliefs. The argument has two premises, that many delusions fail to play belief-roles and that playing belief-roles is necessary for a mental state to be a belief. We assess both premises and suggest that they can be resisted.
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عنوان ژورنال: AVANT. The Journal of the Philosophical-Interdisciplinary Vanguard
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2082-6710
DOI: 10.26913/50302014.0112.0003