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[from 'Matters of Mind' by Scott Sturgeon, in 18. Thought / C. Content / 10. Causal Semantics ]

Full Idea

Does a thought relate to its truth conditions like a tree to its age, a bee dance to its target, or smoke to its cause?

Gist of Idea

Do facts cause thoughts, or embody them, or what?

Source

Scott Sturgeon (Matters of Mind [2000], Intro)

Book Reference

Sturgeon,Scott: 'Matters of Mind' [Routledge 2000], p.3


A Reaction

Nice question. Is truth the purpose of thoughts, or the cause of thoughts, or the constitution(?) of thoughts? I vote for the bee….but we mustn't confuse truth with truth-conditions.