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Explaining Attitudes develops a new account of propositional attitudes - practical realism. Practical realism is an antidote to the now-dominant 'Standard View', according to which beliefs, if there are any, are identical to or are constituted by brain states. Practical realism takes beliefs to be states of whole persons, rather like states of health.Baker, Lynne R. is the author of 'Explaining Attitudes A Practical Approach to the Mind' with ISBN 9780521420532 and ISBN 0521420539.
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