Zimmerman, Aaron

Belief : a pragmatic picture / Aaron Z. Zimmerman. - Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Preface: Some Initial Questions -- 1: Defining the Nature of Belief -- 2: Alternative Measures and Taxonomies -- 3: Against Intellectualism: Animal Belief -- 4: Belief and Pretense -- 5: The Authority to Define "Belief " -- 6: Pragmatic Self-Deception.

Aaron Zimmerman presents a new pragmatist account of belief, in terms of information poised to guide our more attentive, controlled actions. And he explores the consequences of this account for our understanding of the relation between psychology and philosophy, the mind and brain, the nature of delusion, faith, pretence, racism, and more.



9780192537324


Bain, Alexander, 1818-1903.


Belief and doubt.
Pragmatism.
Pragmatism--History.


Electronic Books.

B832 / .B455 2018 BD215