• Psychological Realism and the Simulation Theory of Belief Attribution
    Dissertation, The University of British Columbia (Canada). 1997.
    The presumption of individualism within the philosophy of psychology has been challenged by Tyler Burge who, using arguments like those used by Hilary Putnam against internalistic theories of meaning, points out that the determination of content of one's beliefs depends, at least in part, upon external factors. With the demise of individualism comes the demise of supervenience, and, one would think, with the demise of supervenience comes the demise of psychological realism. This thesis represent…Read more