Close Range

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The Simple Schema
I’ve recently been thinking a little bit (and only a little bit!) about the relation between intention and intentional action. Presumably, an intention is a mental state. And an intentional action is an action with a certain property, namely, the...
Blog Name
Given the growing list of contributors not located in Laramie it seems reasonable to re-think the name of this blog to reflect its membership. Any suggestions? Heck, let's make it a competition. I'll buy the winner a drink at the...
Kripke on the First Person
Looks like Kripke's lecture is posted online....
Submit!
Just a note that the deadline to submit papers to the 2007 UT-Austin Graduate Philosophy Conference is Thursday, February 1. Last year's conference was a blast, and we're looking forward to another great weekend of philosophy this year. From the...
Against Course-Grained Propositions
According to the course-grained view of propositions, propositions are identical iff necessarily equivalent. The usual complaint about this way of thinking about propositions is that it is implausible with regard to various examples involving propositional attitudes (e.g., it leads to...