{"product_id":"9781350354760-unreal-beliefs-an-anti-realist-approach-in-the-metaphysics-of-mind","title":"Unreal Beliefs","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Anti-Realist Approach in the Metaphysics of Mind. \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. Poslajko 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? By 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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41602009006177,"sku":"9781350354760","price":91.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_22605397.jpg?v=1712857598","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781350354760-unreal-beliefs-an-anti-realist-approach-in-the-metaphysics-of-mind","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}