Full Idea
I want mental files (properly speaking) to serve as individual concepts, i.e. thought constituents.
Gist of Idea
Mental files are individual concepts (thought constituents)
Source
François Recanati (Mental Files [2012], 5.3)
Book Reference
Recanati,François: 'Mental Files' [OUP 2012], p.64
A Reaction
This is why the concept of mental files is so neat - it gives you a theory of reference and a theory of concepts. I love the files approach because it precisely fits my own introspective experiences. Hope I'm not odd in that way.