Inquiry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780262691130)

The abstract structure of inquiry - the process of acquiring and changing beliefs about the world - is the focus of this book which takes the position that the "pragmatic" rather than the "linguistic" approach better solves the philosophical problems about the nature of mental representation, and better accounts for the phenomena of thought and speech. It discusses propositions and propositional attitudes (the cluster of activities that constitute inquiry) in general and takes up the way beliefs change in response to potential new information, suggesting that conditional propositions should be understood as projections of epistemic policies onto the world.

A Bradford Book.

Author: Robert C. Stalnaker
ISBN-10: 0262691132
ISBN-13: 9780262691130
Publisher: MIT Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/1987
Pages: 187
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.12w x 0.46d