Single Idea 3982

[catalogued under 18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content]

Full Idea

It is hard to see how the extrinsic properties of thoughts could supervene on their intrinsic properties.

Clarification

How does outer meaning match meaning in the mind?

Gist of Idea

How could the extrinsic properties of thoughts supervene on their intrinsic properties?

Source

Jerry A. Fodor (Jerry A. Fodor on himself [1994], p.299)

Book Reference

'A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind', ed/tr. Guttenplan,Samuel [Blackwell 1995], p.299


A Reaction

This doesn't seem a big problem. Sometimes represented experiences establish the match; sometimes the match is not very good, or even wrong.