Wanting what’s not best
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Blumberg, Kyle and Hawthorne, John. (2021). Wanting what’s not best. Philosophical Studies. 179(4), pp. 1275-1296. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-021-01707-z
Authors | Blumberg, Kyle and Hawthorne, John |
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Abstract | In this paper, we propose a novel account of desire reports, i.e. sentences of the form ┌S wants p┐. Our theory is partly motivated by Phillips-Brown’s (Mind 130(518):413–437, 2021) observation that subjects can desire things even if those things aren’t best by the subject’s lights. That is, being best isn’t necessary for being desired. We compare our proposal to existing theories, and show that it provides a neat account of the central phenomenon. |
Keywords | desire reports; alternative-sensitivity; logic of desire |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Philosophical Studies |
Journal citation | 179 (4), pp. 1275-1296 |
Publisher | Springer |
ISSN | 0031-8116 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-021-01707-z |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85113706019 |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1275-1296 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 26 Aug 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 17 Jul 2021 |
Deposited | 02 Jun 2022 |
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