Single Idea 3416

[catalogued under 18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content]

Full Idea

If content is said to be 'covariance' with something in the environment, then the belief that there are horses in the field covaries reliably with the presence of horses in the field, but also the presence of horse genes in the field.

Gist of Idea

Content may match several things in the environment

Source

Jaegwon Kim (Philosophy of Mind [1996], p.192)

Book Reference

Kim,Jaegwon: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Westview 1998], p.192


A Reaction

That's the end of that interesting proposal, then. Or is it? Looking at the field from a distance this is right, but down the microscope, the covariance varies. The theory lives on.