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John: > And Rosta scripsit: > > > I don't think it is a distortion to say that you believe you're on top of > > a building a fall from which would kill you. > > But that belief isn't tied to the fear If you didn't have that belief or a similar one, you wouldn't have the fear. Or can you find a more convincing example? > > That said, I didn't intend to reduce fearing to believing. I meant to argue > > that the sort of fearing that gives rise to opaque readings is an emoting > > mixed with believing > > I think you are probably correct > > > Yes, but can "This mouse is afraid of a cat" be given an opaque reading? > > Probably "This mouse fears cats." It may be possible to handle > this as a disposition, like "This salt crystal is soluble in water." If you allow a habitual or dispositional reading then this fails to test the feasibility of propositionalism, since the "any mouse" reading is achieved by having the existential quantifier within the scope of the element that gives you habitual/disposition. --And.