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On the Aim of Belief

J. David Velleman
New York University - Department of Philosophy

THE POSSIBILITY OF PRACTICAL REASON, Oxford University Press, 2000 (now out of print)

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This paper explores the sense in which belief "aims at the truth". In this course of this exploration, it discusses the difference between belief and make-believe, the nature of psychoanalytic explanation, the supposed "normativity of meaning", and related topics.

Keywords: philosophy of mind, belief, fantasy, pretence, psychoanalysis

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Date posted: August 23, 2007 ; Last revised: August 23, 2007

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Velleman, J. David, On the Aim of Belief. THE POSSIBILITY OF PRACTICAL REASON, Oxford University Press, 2000 (now out of print). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1006990

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