Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Crispin Wright, William Lyons and Amartya Sen
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 2. Propositional Attitudes
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Propositional attitudes require representation [Lyons]
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 4. Folk Psychology
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Folk psychology works badly for alien cultures [Lyons]
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality
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Rationality is conformity to reasons that can be sustained even after scrutiny [Sen]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content
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All thinking has content [Lyons]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / a. Nature of concepts
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A concept is only a sortal if it gives genuine identity [Wright,C]
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'Sortal' concepts show kinds, use indefinite articles, and require grasping identities [Wright,C]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / b. Analysis of concepts
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Entities fall under a sortal concept if they can be used to explain identity statements concerning them [Wright,C]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence
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If we can establish directions from lines and parallelism, we were already committed to directions [Wright,C]
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