{"product_id":"unreal-beliefs-krzysztof-poslajko-9781350355002","title":"Unreal Beliefs: An Anti-Realist Approach in the Metaphysics of Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKrzysztof Poslajko offers a novel version of an anti-realist view about beliefs, rejecting the extreme proposal of eliminativism that beliefs do not exist. \u003c\/b\u003eHe shows us we should rather say that beliefs exist, but they are not real. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoslajko demonstrates how we might make sense of this idea by providing a unified account of the debates in philosophical psychology. The antirealist view interprets beliefs as being causally irrelevant, that they do not constitute a natural kind, and that their content cannot be naturalized. Exploring the status of folk psychology, Poslajko raises key questions in the analytic metaphysics of mind: Are beliefs real? Do people really possess mental states which are causally efficacious bearers of propositional content? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy arguing for the antirealist view and revising our common-sense view about the nature of mind, he makes a compelling case for adopting a pragmatic metaphilosophy when we deal with questions about belief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Krzysztof Poslajko\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350355003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350355002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d","brand":"Krzysztof Poslajko","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065512734975,"sku":"9781350355002","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7814d5d1-e7d3-4ea7-9cd5-51153eee657d.jpg?v=1768675454","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unreal-beliefs-krzysztof-poslajko-9781350355002","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}