Lumsden, David2008-03-192007-09-042008-03-191993-07-01Lumsden, D. (1993). Critical discussion of Daniel C. Dennett, The Intentional Stance. Erkenntnis: An International Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 39(1), 101-109.https://hdl.handle.net/10289/447Daniel Dennett spends a good bit of time defending the possibility of a compromise position on the reality of beliefs and desires. It will be claimed that a puzzle remains in the interpretation of Dennett's position. In earlier works one finds a theme, which we can call 'near-fatalism', which has not been integrated with the kind of middle ground he describes. But the near-fatalism theme is dropped in later work. Is it because it is felt to be incompatible with that middle ground compromise? It is not obviously so.application/pdfenThis article is the authors postprint version of an article published in the journal, Erkenntnis, Vol 39. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.Dennettnear-fatalismJournal Article10.1007/BF01128205