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Does singular thought have an epistemic essence?Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy. forthcoming.What is involved in having a singular thought about an ordinary object? On the leading epistemic view, one has this capacity if and only if one has belief-forming dispositions which would reliably enable one to get its properties right (Dickie, 2015). I first argue that Dickie’s official view entails surprising and unpalatable claims about either rationality or singular thought, before offering a precisification. Once we have reached that level of abstraction, it becomes difficult to see what is…Read more
James Openshaw
Centre for Philosophy of Memory, Université Grenoble Alpes
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Centre for Philosophy of Memory, Université Grenoble AlpesMarie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow (Part-time)
University of Oxford
DPhil, 2018
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Language |
Philosophy of Mind |
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics |
Epistemology |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |
20th Century Philosophy |