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| Objects of thought, philosophy: it is advocated by some authors that beliefs or thoughts must correspond to objects. Other authors see this as the risk of an objectification or reification. When several speakers refer on their inner object there is the problem of whether it is the same or not. For example, do they have the same wish?
See also relation-theory, truthmakers, mentalism, reification._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Tyler Burge on Objects of Thought - Dictionary of Arguments
Frank I 704 Self-Knowledge/Content/Thoughts/Burge: the content of the first-level thought is fixed by non-individualistic (external) background conditions. >Content, >Circumstances. Through its reflexive, self-referential character, the second-stage thought inheres this content. Fra I 705 Since fake content does not logically undermine such self-knowledge, it is clear that it is not necessary to know the enabling conditions. DescartesVs. BurgeVsDescartes: it is wrong to conceive of one's own thoughts as objects, and to attribute to oneself a special faculty of infallibility. Either the new entity of an ability is introduced as new entities or special objects. OckhamVs. E.g. propositions which can only be thought when they have been fully understood, or imaginations whose esse is their percipi. These would be objects about which you could not make mistakes, like objects that could be seen from all sides at the same time. >Incorrigibility, >Self-knowledge._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Burge I T. Burge Origins of Objectivity Oxford 2010 Burge II Tyler Burge "Two Kinds of Consciousness" In Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996 Fra I M. Frank (Hrsg.) Analytische Theorien des Selbstbewusstseins Frankfurt 1994 Fra I M. Frank (Hrsg.) Analytische Theorien des Selbstbewusstseins Frankfurt 1994 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28