Single Idea 4063

[catalogued under 18. Thought / C. Content / 8. Intension]

Full Idea

Intensional contexts are those where truth or falsehood depends on the way the extensions are conceived.

Clarification

Extensions of a concept are things in reality which it picks out

Gist of Idea

In intensional contexts, truth depends on how extensions are conceived.

Source

Tim Crane (Elements of Mind [2001], 1.4)

Book Reference

Crane,Tim: 'Elements of Mind' [OUP 2001], p.11


A Reaction

An important distinction for anyone defending an internalist view of concepts or of knowledge