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@article{citeulike:853179, abstract = {In a series of papers, Sperber provides the following analysis of the phenomenon of ill-understood belief (or 'quasi-belief', as I call it): (i) the quasi-believer has a validating meta-belief, to the effect that a certain representation is true; yet (ii) that representation does not give rise to a plain belief, because it is 'semi-propositional'. In this paper I discuss several aspects of this treatment. In particular, I deny that the representation accepted by the quasi-believer is semantically indeterminate, and I reject Sperber's claim that quasi-belief is a credal attitude distinct from plain belief}, author = {Recanati, Francois}, citeulike-article-id = {853179}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-0017.00037}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-0017.00037}, doi = {10.1111/1468-0017.00037}, journal = {Mind \& Language}, keywords = {belief, deference}, number = {1}, pages = {84--100}, posted-at = {2006-09-21 16:08:47}, priority = {2}, title = {Can We Believe What We Do Not Understand?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-0017.00037}, volume = {12}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:853179 L3 - citeulike-article-id:853179 N2 - In a series of papers, Sperber provides the following analysis of the phenomenon of ill-understood belief (or 'quasi-belief', as I call it): (i) the quasi-believer has a validating meta-belief, to the effect that a certain representation is true; yet (ii) that representation does not give rise to a plain belief, because it is 'semi-propositional'. In this paper I discuss several aspects of this treatment. In particular, I deny that the representation accepted by the quasi-believer is semantically indeterminate, and I reject Sperber's claim that quasi-belief is a credal attitude distinct from plain belief IS - 1 JF - Mind & Language EP - 100 TI - Can We Believe What We Do Not Understand? VL - 12 SP - 84 KW - belief KW - deference AU - Recanati, Francois PY - 1997/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-0017.00037 ER -