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[from 'Mental Files' by François Recanati, in 5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / d. Singular terms ]

Full Idea

Mental files are the mental counterparts of singular terms.

Gist of Idea

Mental files are the counterparts of singular terms

Source

François Recanati (Mental Files [2012], 3.3)

Book Reference

Recanati,François: 'Mental Files' [OUP 2012], p.35


A Reaction

A thoroughly satisfactory theory. We can build up a picture of filing merging, duplication, ambiguity, error etc. Eventually neuroscience will map the whole system, and we will have cracked it.