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Date
06/02/2020
Author
Dickie, Imogen
Keywords
Reference
Aboutness
Singular thought
Mental files
Descriptive names
B Philosophy (General)
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Abstract
The first part of the chapter motivates a unifying alternative to causal theories and description theories of reference and aboutness. The alternative account is built around a claim which the chapter argues brings out the significance for theories of reference and aboutness of the fact that justification is truth conducive: the claim that an aboutness-fixing relation is one which secures what the chapter calls “cognitive focus” on an object of thought. The second part of the chapter argues that a “singular thought” just is a thought made available by a cognitive focus relation, and uses the cognitive focus framework to advance the discussion of descriptive names. An Appendix explains why, though the proposal is a “mental files” proposal, it is better stated without use of this term.
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Dickie , I 2020 , Cognitive focus . in R Goodman , J Genone & N Kroll (eds) , Singular Thought and Mental Files . Oxford University Press , Oxford , pp. 223-250 . https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198746881.003.0011
Publication
Singular Thought and Mental Files
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Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198746881.003.0011
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Copyright © 2020 Imogen Dickie. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198746881.003.0011
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https://global.oup.com/academic/product/singular-thought-and-mental-files-9780198746881
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/24812

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