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Ideas for Irenaeus, Franois Recanati and Alcmaeon

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic

22246	A train of reasoning must be treated as all happening simultaneously [Recanati]
	Full Idea: For logic purposes, a train of reasoning has to be construed as synchronic.
	From: François Recanati (Mental Files in Flux [2016], 5.2)
	A reaction: If we are looking for a gulf between logic and the real world this is a factor to be considered, along with Nietzsche's observation about necessary simplification. [ref to Kaplan 'Afterthoughts' 1989, 584-5]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / d. Singular terms

16357	Mental files are the counterparts of singular terms [Recanati]
	Full Idea: Mental files are the mental counterparts of singular terms.
	From: François Recanati (Mental Files [2012], 3.3)
	A reaction: A thoroughly satisfactory theory. We can build up a picture of filing merging, duplication, ambiguity, error etc. Eventually neuroscience will map the whole system, and we will have cracked it.