Getting what you want

It is commonly accepted that if an agent wants p, then she has a desire that is satisfied in exactly the worlds where p is true. Call this the 'Satisfaction-is-Truth Principle'. We argue that this principle is false: an agent may want p without having a desire that is satisfied when p obta...

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Main Authors: Grant, Lyndal (Author), Phillips-Brown, Milo A (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-11-18T23:31:42Z.
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