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II 69
Measuring/analogy/intentionality/belief /Brentano/Field: the idea is that the explanation is based not on relations like "x has mass in kg r" between physical objects and non-physical numbers, but in some "intrinsic relations" between physical objects themselves. e.g. "The mass of x is the sum of the masses of y and z".
Then Brentano’s problem has been solved. - But we have to make strong assumptions about the internal structure of mind states.
>Mind states/Brentano.
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Dennett: Here numbers cannot be attributed to physical objects but to monadic properties - the property to have a certain mass.
>Properties, >Attribution.

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