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16383 | Puzzled Pierre has two mental files about the same object |
Full Idea: In Kripke's puzzle about belief, the subject has two distinct mental files about one and the same object. | |||
From: comment on Saul A. Kripke (A Puzzle about Belief [1979]) by François Recanati - Mental Files 17.1 | |||
A reaction: [Pierre distinguishes 'London' from 'Londres'] The Kripkean puzzle is presented as very deep, but I have always felt there was a simple explanation, and I suspect that this is it (though I will leave the reader to think it through, as I'm very busy…). |