@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 28 Mar 2024}, author = {Millikan,Ruth}, subject = {Other Minds}, note = {I 202 Understanding/psychychology/attribution/Millikan: I can model the thoughts of others by making a disengaged use of words. By modeling the relation of your thoughts to the world, I come to an understanding. >Understanding/Millikan, cf. >Intersubjetivity. My inner sentences can then have the same meaning as the representations in your head. That is, I understand by imitation. I 203 Phlogiston/nderstanding/Millikan: through such an imitation we best understand the use of the word "phlogiston" in the 18th century. Empty term/empty expression/Millikan: N.B.: for the people of the 18th century "Phlogiston" was an empty term, but not for us! ((s) At the time, it did not designate anything, today it designates a historical use). Cf. >Incommensurability. }, note = { Millikan I R. G. Millikan Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories: New Foundations for Realism Cambridge 1987 Millikan II Ruth Millikan "Varieties of Purposive Behavior", in: Anthropomorphism, Anecdotes, and Animals, R. W. Mitchell, N. S. Thomspon and H. L. Miles (Eds.) Albany 1997, pp. 189-1967 In Der Geist der Tiere, D Perler/M. Wild, Frankfurt/M. 2005 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=451145} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=451145} }