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Kripke's puzzle about belief: a standalone construct

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Philosophy of language

the puzzle of a bilingual speaker who sincerely assents to 'Londres est jolie' yet denies 'London is pretty', with no apparent failure of logic.

In philosophy of language, Kripke's puzzle about belief refers to the puzzle of a bilingual speaker who sincerely assents to 'Londres est jolie' yet denies 'London is pretty', with no apparent failure of logic. This meaning comes from Kripke (1979) in Meaning and Use.[1]

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belief4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs failure4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Kripke, S. A. (1979). A Puzzle about Belief. In Meaning and Use (pp. 239-288). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4104-4_13

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