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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.