Ideas from 'The Varieties of Reference' by Gareth Evans [1980], by Theme Structure

[found in 'The Varieties of Reference' by Evans,Gareth [OUP 2002,0-19-824686-2]].

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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception

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Experiences have no conceptual content [Greco]

7643	We have far fewer colour concepts than we have discriminations of colour

18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content

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Some representational states, like perception, may be nonconceptual [Schulte]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / a. Nature of concepts

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The Generality Constraint says if you can think a predicate you can apply it to anything

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 3. Ontology of Concepts / b. Concepts as abilities

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Concepts have a 'Generality Constraint', that we must know how predicates apply to them [Peacocke]