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'The Elm and the Expert', 'Frege's Concept of Numbers as Objects' and 'Moral Thinking: Its Levels,Method and Point'
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 2. Propositional Attitudes
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Propositional attitudes are propositions presented in a certain way [Fodor]
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality
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Rationality has mental properties - autonomy, productivity, experiment [Fodor]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 5. Twin Earth
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XYZ (Twin Earth 'water') is an impossibility [Fodor]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content
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Truth conditions require a broad concept of content [Fodor]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 7. Narrow Content
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Concepts aren't linked to stuff; they are what is caused by stuff [Fodor]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 10. Causal Semantics
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Knowing the cause of a thought is almost knowing its content [Fodor]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 12. Informational Semantics
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Is content basically information, fixed externally? [Fodor]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / a. Nature of concepts
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'Sortal' concepts show kinds, use indefinite articles, and require grasping identities [Wright,C]
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A concept is only a sortal if it gives genuine identity [Wright,C]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 3. Ontology of Concepts / b. Concepts as abilities
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In the information view, concepts are potentials for making distinctions [Fodor]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / b. Analysis of concepts
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Entities fall under a sortal concept if they can be used to explain identity statements concerning them [Wright,C]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence
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If we can establish directions from lines and parallelism, we were already committed to directions [Wright,C]
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