Against direction of fit accounts of belief and desire

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Analysis 61 (1):44-53 (2001)
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The authors argue against direction of fit accounts of the distinction between belief and desire.

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10.1093/analys/61.1.44

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David Sobel
Syracuse University
David Copp
University of California, Davis

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On the Very Idea of Direction of Fit.Kim Frost - 2014 - Philosophical Review 123 (4):429-484.
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The moral problem.Michael Smith - 1994 - Cambridge, Mass., USA: Blackwell.
Direction of fit.I. Lloyd Humberstone - 1992 - Mind 101 (401):59-83.
Direction of fit and normative functionalism.Nick Zangwill - 1998 - Philosophical Studies 91 (2):173-203.

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