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Single Idea 6168
[filed under theme 18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content
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Full Idea
The content of the thought that the sky is blue is simply the meaning of the sentence "The sky is blue".
Gist of Idea
The content of a thought is just the meaning of a sentence
Source
Mark Rowlands (Externalism [2003], Ch.5)
Book Ref
Rowlands,Mark: 'Externalism' [Acumen 2003], p.94
A Reaction
This seems to imply that it is logically impossible for a non-language-speaker, such as a chimpanzee, to think that the sky is the same colour as the water. If we allow propositions, we might be able to keep meanings without the sentences.
Related Idea
Idea 3492
Content is much more than just sentence meaning [Searle]
The
16 ideas
from Mark Rowlands
6177
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Moral intuition seems unevenly distributed between people
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6178
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It is common to see the value of nature in one feature, such as life, diversity, or integrity
[Rowlands]
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6156
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The 17th century reintroduced atoms as mathematical modes of Euclidean space
[Rowlands]
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6158
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Supervenience of mental and physical properties often comes with token-identity of mental and physical particulars
[Rowlands]
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6157
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Tokens are dated, concrete particulars; types are their general properties or kinds
[Rowlands]
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6155
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Supervenience is a one-way relation of dependence or determination between properties
[Rowlands]
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6154
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It is argued that wholes possess modal and counterfactual properties that parts lack
[Rowlands]
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6152
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Minds are rational, conscious, subjective, self-knowing, free, meaningful and self-aware
[Rowlands]
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6161
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Structuralism is neo-Kantian idealism, with language playing the role of categories of understanding
[Rowlands]
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6163
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If bivalence is rejected, then excluded middle must also be rejected
[Rowlands]
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6159
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Strong idealism is the sort of mess produced by a Cartesian separation of mind and world
[Rowlands]
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6168
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The content of a thought is just the meaning of a sentence
[Rowlands]
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6167
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Action is bodily movement caused by intentional states
[Rowlands]
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6170
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Natural kinds are defined by their real essence, as in gold having atomic number 79
[Rowlands]
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6173
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Content externalism implies that we do not have privileged access to our own minds
[Rowlands]
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6174
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If someone is secretly transported to Twin Earth, others know their thoughts better than they do
[Rowlands]
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