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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Attitudes De Dicto and De Se' and 'Properties'

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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 2. Propositional Attitudes

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Attitudes involve properties (not propositions), and belief is self-ascribing the properties [Lewis, by Solomon]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 9. Indexical Thought

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Lewis's popular centred worlds approach gives an attitude an index of world, subject and time [Lewis, by Recanati]

18. Thought / C. Content / 8. Intension

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Intensions are functions which map possible worlds to sets of things denoted by an expression [Swoyer]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / e. Concepts from exemplars

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Research suggests that concepts rely on typical examples [Swoyer]