Mind, Volume 125, Issue 499, Pp. 691-725. Abstract The Desire-as-Belief thesis (DAB) states that any rational person desires a proposition exactly to the degree that she believes or expects the proposit

Philosophia 45(3): 1275–1282. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-017-9812-5. Abstract In this reply I defend Kripke’s creationist thesis for mythical objects (Reference and Existence, 2013) against Jeffrey Go). I argue that Goodman has mistaken the basis for when mythical abstracta are created. Contrary to Goodman I show that, as well as how, Kripke’s theory consistently retains the analogy between creation of mythical objects and creation of fictional objects, while also explaining in what way they differ.

The Institute for Futures Studies - What we do

The Institute for Futures Studies is an independent foundation that conducts research on important questions that shape our future society. Based on four themes, we investigate critical issues for the

General Assembly of the World Values Survey Associationwill meet in Doha, Qatar, March, 18–22 at the World Conference on “The Rise of Public Engagement, in the region and in the World”. The conference , (Social and Economic Survey Research Institute and the Arab Barometer.

Magnus Bygren

I am professor in Sociology at Department of Sociology, Stockholm University. My research currently aligns with three overlapping themes: (1) the existence and degrees of discrimination within differen

Philosophy of Science, Vol. 82, No. 4, p. 602-625. DOI: 10.1086/682915 Abstract Chance Neutrality is the thesis that, conditional on some proposition being true (or being false), its chance of being true

Maria Wallenberg Bondesson

I am a historian, and defended my thesis at Stockholm University in 2003. In my thesis, I studied different types of religious conflicts in Sweden in the 17th-19th centuries. Since 2007 my research has

Andrea S. Asker

I am a PhD candidate at Stockholm University and a research assistant at the Institute for Futures Studies. I am also affiliated with the Mimir Center for Long Term Futures at the institute. I have an in

Research at the Institute is structured around a research program, usually conducted over a period of six years. What they all have in common is the futures perspective and the fact that they are all

in: Paul G. Harris (ed.) Ethics, Environmental Justice, and Climate Change, Chelthenham: Edward Elgar. Climate change cannot be fully understood or effectively mitigated without considering its ethical