Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Chrysippus, Goodman,N/Quine,W and Gabriel M.A. Segal
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18. Thought / C. Content / 5. Twin Earth
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3110
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Humans are made of H2O, so 'twins' aren't actually feasible [Segal]
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3124
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Externalists can't assume old words refer to modern natural kinds [Segal]
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3108
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If 'water' has narrow content, it refers to both H2O and XYZ [Segal]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content
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3116
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Maybe experts fix content, not ordinary users [Segal]
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3117
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Concepts can survive a big change in extension [Segal]
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3109
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If content is external, so are beliefs and desires [Segal]
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3103
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Maybe content involves relations to a language community [Segal]
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3104
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Must we relate to some diamonds to understand them? [Segal]
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3111
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Externalism can't explain concepts that have no reference [Segal]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 7. Narrow Content
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3121
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If content is narrow, my perfect twin shares my concepts [Segal]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 10. Causal Semantics
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3118
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If thoughts ARE causal, we can't explain how they cause things [Segal]
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3119
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Even 'mass' cannot be defined in causal terms [Segal]
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