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    It is not the case that There may be no fact of the matter about whether a subject really believes a given proposition P

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Functional states that systematically cause behavior constitute real mental states regardless of interpretive underdetermination.
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    • 2.Belief attribution tracks causally efficacious internal states, not merely observer-relative interpretive frameworks.
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    • 3.Fodor's computational representationalism identifies beliefs with syntactically structured states whose causal powers are intrinsic, not interpretation-dependent.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Quine's own indeterminacy thesis applies to translation schemes, not to the existence of dispositions that ground assent behavior.
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    • 2.Even under radical interpretation, Davidson's principle of charity converges on a uniquely rational belief set, dissolving apparent underdetermination.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Multiple incompatible interpretive schemes can be equally good in at least some cases
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    • 2.Whether a subject believes P depends on which interpretive scheme is applied
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    • 3.If no interpretive scheme is uniquely correct, there is no determinate fact about the belief attribution
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