Several theorists have observed that attitude reports have what we call “revisionist” uses.
For example, even if Pete has never met Ann and has no idea that she exists, Jane can still …

Propositional quantifiers are quantifiers binding proposition letters, understood as variables.
This Element introduces propositional quantifiers and explains why they are especially …

This paper proposes a new account of bounded or minimal doxastic rationality (in the sense
of Cherniak 1986), based on the notion that beliefs are answers to questions (à la Yalcin …

This paper centers on discourses where instead of accepting or rejecting an assertion, a
hearer uses an epistemic possibility claim to bring a new subject matter to the original …

This paper introduces and analyzes a new kind of non-acceptance, non-disagreeing move:
resistance. We focus in particular on attention-targeted resistance facilitated by epistemic …

Assertions are often accepted without being understood, a phenomenon I call stupefying. I
argue that stupefying can be a means for conversational manipulation that works through at …

Robert Stalnaker has recently advocated propositional contingentism, the claim that it is
contingent what propositions there are. He has proposed a philosophical theory of …

Rational speakers should not be redundant. This is a view on language use that is both
widely held and intuitively compelling. It is also wrong. This dissertation shows that speakers …

Abstract Models of collective deliberation often assume that the chief aim of a deliberative
exchange is the sharing of information. In this paper, we argue that an equally important role …

Something important is missing from the standard account of the connection between belief
and action. The way a given belief should be expected to manifest itself in action is not a …