Can Fictional Superhuman Agents have Mental States?

According to Deborah Tollefsen, from the analytic perspective called "interpretivism", there is a reasonable way in which groups can be said to have mental states. She bases her argument on the every-day use of language, where people speak as if groups have states such as intentions, desir...

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Main Author: Levy, Gabriel 1977- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill [2018]
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 30, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 425-448
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tollefsen, Deborah 19XX- / Group / Mentaler Zustand / Truth / Semantics / Fiction / Super-man
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
Further subjects:B Davidson
B Semantics
B Religion
B Falsity
B Fiction
B Truth
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