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Full Idea
It is hard to see how the extrinsic properties of thoughts could supervene on their intrinsic properties.
Clarification
How does outer meaning match meaning in the mind?
Gist of Idea
How could the extrinsic properties of thoughts supervene on their intrinsic properties?
Source
Jerry A. Fodor (Jerry A. Fodor on himself [1994], p.299)
Book Ref
'A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind', ed/tr. Guttenplan,Samuel [Blackwell 1995], p.299
A Reaction
This doesn't seem a big problem. Sometimes represented experiences establish the match; sometimes the match is not very good, or even wrong.
| 3975 | Folk psychology explains behaviour by reference to intentional states like belief and desire [Fodor] |
| 3976 | Intentional science needs objects with semantic and causal properties, and which obey laws [Fodor] |
| 3977 | Laws are true generalisations which support counterfactuals and are confirmed by instances [Fodor] |
| 3978 | Associations are held to connect Ideas together in the way the world is connected together [Fodor] |
| 3980 | Intentional states and processes may be causal relations among mental symbols [Fodor] |
| 3981 | Most psychological properties seem to be multiply realisable [Fodor] |
| 3982 | How could the extrinsic properties of thoughts supervene on their intrinsic properties? [Fodor] |