15 ideas
22246 | A train of reasoning must be treated as all happening simultaneously [Recanati] |
12149 | Indexicals are a problem for beliefs being just subject-proposition relations [Perry] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |
22247 | Indexicality is not just a feature of language; examples show it also occurs in thought [Recanati] |
22248 | How can we communicate indexical thoughts to people not in the right context? [Recanati] |
22242 | Mental files are concepts, which are either collections or (better) containers [Recanati] |
22243 | The Frege case of believing a thing is both F and not-F is explained by separate mental files [Recanati] |
22245 | A linguistic expression refers to what its associated mental file refers to [Recanati] |
12151 | If we replace 'I' in sentences about me, they are different beliefs and explanations of behaviour [Perry] |
18412 | Indexicals individuate certain belief states, helping in explanation and prediction [Perry] |
22250 | There are speakers' thoughts and hearers' thoughts, but no further thought attached to the utterance [Recanati] |
12150 | Indexicals reveal big problems with the traditional idea of a proposition [Perry] |
22249 | The Naive view of communication is that hearers acquire exactly the thoughts of the speaker [Recanati] |
15203 | Tense is essential for thought and action [Perry, by Le Poidevin] |
15204 | Actual tensed sentences cannot be tenseless, because they can cite their own context [Perry, by Le Poidevin] |