2 Ambitious Two - Dimensionalism

Epistemic two-dimensionalism

1 Four puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Epistemic two-dimensionalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1 Two-dimensional semantics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.2 Epistemic intensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.3 Excluded v...

Reply to Critics of Reference and Description: The Case Against Two-Dimensionalism

Scott Soames’ Two-Dimensionalism

Dynamic Beliefs and the Passage of Time

How should our beliefs change over time? Much has been written about how our beliefs should change in the light of new evidence. But that is not the question I’m asking. Sometimes our beliefs change without new evidence. I previously believed it was Sunday. I now believe it’s Monday. In this paper I discuss the implications of such beliefs for philosophy of mind. I will argue that two-dimension...

Low-Grade Two-Dimensionalism

1. Two-dimensionalists often rely on the assumption that “a posteriori information only tells us about our world” (Chalmers (1996), 137). This assumption backs their rejection of what Chalmers calls “strong metaphysical necessities”, since such necessities would be forever beyond our epistemic reach. But I see no reason to accept this epistemological constraint, and much reason to reject it. No...