Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Michael Burke, Alonzo Church and Hilary Putnam

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18. Thought / C. Content / 5. Twin Earth

4099	If Twins talking about 'water' and 'XYZ' have different thoughts but identical heads, then thoughts aren't in the head [Putnam, by Crane]

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We say ice and steam are different forms of water, but not that they are different forms of H2O [Forbes,G on Putnam]

3208	Does 'water' mean a particular substance that was 'dubbed'? [Putnam, by Rey]

14200

'Water' on Twin Earth doesn't refer to water, but no mental difference can account for this [Putnam]

2343	Reference may be different while mental representation is the same [Putnam]

18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content

9168	I can't distinguish elm trees, but I mean by 'elm' the same set of trees as everybody else [Putnam]

5820	'Water' has an unnoticed indexical component, referring to stuff around here [Putnam]

7612	Reference is social not individual, because we defer to experts when referring to elm trees [Putnam]