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We usually want to have true beliefs\, and having true beliefs usually helps \;us attain our practical goals. However\, many philosophers maintain that \;there is a more fundamental connection between belief and truth-one that \;isn't contingent on our desires or on the practical consequences of \;believing the truth. This view is often expressed by the slogan that belief \;aims at truth. The main question in this area is whether there really is a \;fundamental connection between belief and truth and\, if so\, how we ought to \;construe it. A wide range of considerations have been presented as \;supporting the view. One is the connection between determining whether to \;believe p and determining whether p. Another is the need to distinguish \;belief from other cognitive attitudes with apparently similar causal roles \;in the production of behaviour. The issue is connected with other important \;philosophical questions. One is whether belief\, mental content\, or their \;linguistic correlates\, can be said to be normative notions\, as the view that \;belief aims at truth seems to entail that true belief is intrinsically \;correct\, and false belief intrinsically incorrect. Other related issues \;include the involuntariness of belief and the paradoxical appearance of \;believing that your current beliefs are not true. teorema invites
submissions of papers on these and related topics for a special issue to be \;published in 2013. Articles must be written in Spanish or English and should \;not exceed 6\,000 words. For the presentation of their articles\, authors are \;requested to take into account the instructions available at: \;http://www.unioviedo.es/Teorema/English/Authors.html. Submissions must be \;suitable for blind review. Both a DOC and a PDF document must be sent to the \;Editor by September 15th 2012. Notification of intent to submit\, including \;both a title and a brief summary of the content\, will be greatly appreciated \;as it will assist with the coordination and planning of the special issue.

Guest Editor for this issue will be Dr. José\; Zalabardo \;(University College \;London).

Contact details for queries and submissions:

teorema
Prof. Luis M. Valdé\;s Villanueva
Editor of teorema
Departamento de Filosofí\;a
Universidad de Oviedo
E-33071 Oviedo (Spain)
E-mail: \;teorema@uniovi.es

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