In Defence of Folk Psychology 1.1. Our Strategy
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It turned out that there was no phlogiston, no caloric fluid, and no luminiferous ether. Might it turn out that there are no beliefs and desires? Patricia and Paul Churchland say yes. ~ We say no. In part one we give our positive argument for the existence of beliefs and desires, and in part two we offer a diagnosis of what has misled the Churchlands into holding that it might very well turn out that there are no beliefs and desires.
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