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The paper examines the instability of non-relational expressivism in maintaining a privileged perspective on mental states while rejecting epistemic readings.

June 4, 2026PhilosophiaOpen Access

The Instability of Non-relational Expressivism

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The paper examines the instability of non-relational expressivism in maintaining a privileged perspective on mental states while rejecting epistemic readings.
Analyzes the concept of self-knowledge in non-relational expressivism.
Explores psychological phenomena such as insincerity and pretence.
Evaluates Rodriguez's semantic analysis of first-person mental utterances.
Identifies contradictions in non-relational expressivism's stance on self-expression and first-person access.
Presents a dilemma for Rodriguez regarding the ontological status of mental states versus behavior.
Argues both potential resolutions to the dilemma bear unattractive implications for non-relational expressivism.

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Argument highlights the issues of self-knowledge and expression in non-relational expressivism, suggesting inherent instability.

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Bermúdez et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2117a4d499ed480b1706bb https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-026-01013-0

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