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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 Ref
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
| 5828 | Extension is the class of things, intension is the correct definition of the thing, and intension determines extension [Lewis,CI] |
| 4896 | The intension of an expression is a function from possible worlds to an appropriate extension [Perry] |
| 5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |
| 4063 | In intensional contexts, truth depends on how extensions are conceived. [Crane] |
| 10408 | Intensions are functions which map possible worlds to sets of things denoted by an expression [Swoyer] |