ABSTRACT
This chapter develops an account of seemings as sui generis mental states with propositional content and assertive force. It begins by arguing against views that attempt to reduce seeming states to beliefs, inclinations to believe, or the like. It then addresses concerns with the author’s view. Some object that seemings are under-described, others that they are too weird, and still others that we do not have states of this sort at all. The author responds, first, by showing that seemings are recognized not only by dozens of contemporary epistemologists, but also by philosophers throughout the Western canon. He then offers a detailed exposition of seeming states and their relationship to other kinds of mental states such as perceptual experience and direct acquaintance.
