Philosophical Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology (Arché) Research
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2024-03-29T12:06:58ZIndexicality, transparency, and mental files
https://hdl.handle.net/10023/7286
Francois Recanati’s Mental Files (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) presents a picture of the mind on which mental representations are indexical and transparent. I dispute this picture: there is no clear case for regarding mental representations as indexical, and there are counterexamples to transparency.
2014-01-01T00:00:00ZBall, Derek NelsonFrancois Recanati’s Mental Files (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) presents a picture of the mind on which mental representations are indexical and transparent. I dispute this picture: there is no clear case for regarding mental representations as indexical, and there are counterexamples to transparency.