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de re and de dicto: a standalone construct

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Philosophy of language

distinction between attitudes about a particular thing and attitudes toward a proposition, shown by ambiguities in belief reports.

In philosophy of language, de re and de dicto refers to distinction between attitudes about a particular thing and attitudes toward a proposition, shown by ambiguities in belief reports. This meaning comes from Quine (1956) in The Journal of Philosophy.[1]

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belief4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructsproposition3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

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  1. Quine, W. V. (1956). Quantifiers and Propositional Attitudes. The Journal of Philosophy, 53(5), 177. https://doi.org/10.2307/2022451

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