Combining Philosophers
Ideas for J Fodor / E Lepore, Daniel C. Dennett and Charles Chihara
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 4. Folk Psychology
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You couldn't drive a car without folk psychology [Dennett]
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Like the 'centre of gravity', desires and beliefs are abstract concepts with no actual existence [Dennett]
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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 4. Language of Thought
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The predecessor and rival of the language of thought hypothesis is the picture theory of ideas [Dennett]
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A language of thought doesn't explain content [Dennett]
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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / a. Artificial Intelligence
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What matters about neuro-science is the discovery of the functional role of the chemistry [Dennett]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content
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States have content if we can predict them well by assuming intentionality [Dennett, by Schulte]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 9. Conceptual Role Semantics
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The nature of content is entirely based on its functional role [Dennett]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 5. Concepts and Language / b. Concepts are linguistic
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Concepts are things we (unlike dogs) can think about, because we have language [Dennett]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 5. Concepts and Language / c. Concepts without language
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Maybe there can be non-conscious concepts (e.g. in bees) [Dennett]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence
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I prefer the open sentences of a Constructibility Theory, to Platonist ideas of 'equivalence classes' [Chihara]
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