RETAINING A BELIEF
RETAINING A BELIEF
Author(s): Vojislav BožičkovićSubject(s): Epistemology, Logic, Contemporary Philosophy, Analytic Philosophy
Published by: Filozofsko društvo Srbije
Keywords: Belief Retention; Rip Van Winkle; Character; Content; Kaplan; Perry; Evans;
Summary/Abstract: I examine several views of belief retention in relation to the data given by David Kaplan concerning the case of Rip Van Winkle who slept for twenty years thinking that he had only slept for one day, and argue that none of these views are satisfactory, including Kaplan’s character/content framework. I then propose a view of belief retention which is in line with how the subject represents the world from her first-person cognitive perspective.
Journal: Theoria
- Issue Year: 60/2017
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 5-16
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English