10. Speaking My Mind: Grammar, Epistemology, and (Some) Ontology

Author: Bar-On, Dorit

Source: Speaking My Mind, November 2004 , pp. 397-439(43)

Publisher: Oxford Scholarship Online Monographs

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Abstract:

The final chapter explains how the Neo-Expressivist account developed meets the theoretical desiderata outlined in the introduction. It then offers reflections on possible implications of the account of avowals defended in the book for certain metaphysical issues in the philosophy of mind. In particular, the author addresses the issue of the reality of mental states, and the extent to which mental states are ontologically independent of expressive behaviour.

Keywords: epistemology; mental states; ontology; expressive behaviour; realism

Document Type: Research article

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