Journal article
In praise of outsourcing
- Abstract:
- What explains the context sensitivity of some (apparent) beliefs? Why, for example, do religious beliefs appear to control behaviour in some contexts but not others? Cases like this are heterogeneous, and we may require a matching heterogeneity of explanations, ranging over their contents, the attitudes of agents and features of the environment. In this paper, I put forward a hypothesis of the last kind. I argue that some beliefs (religious and non-religious) are coupled to cues, which either trigger an internal representation or even partially constitute the beliefs. I show that such coupling will give rise to the context-sensitivity, without entailing that religious believers take a different attitude to belief content.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1163/18758185-01503005
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- Publisher:
- Brill
- Journal:
- Contemporary Pragmatism More from this journal
- Volume:
- 15
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 344-365
- Publication date:
- 2018-08-31
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-02-27
- DOI:
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1875-8185
- ISSN:
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1572-3429
- Language:
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English
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pubs:923386
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923386
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2019-01-22
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- Copyright holder:
- Koninklijke Brill NV
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Rights statement:
- Copyright © 2018 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Brill at https://doi.org/10.1163/18758185-01503005
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