Cognitivism, Significance and Singular Thought

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4352123
AutoresRachel Goodman (0000-0002-4360-4344, University of Leeds, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume66
Fascículo263
Páginas236-260
Data de publicação2016-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213
EditoraOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/pq/pqv074
OpenAlexW2309782005
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas20

This paper has a narrow and a broader target. The narrow target is a particular version of what I call the mental-files conception of singular thought (MFC), proposed by Robin Jeshion, and known as cognitivism . The broader target is the MFC in general. I give an argument against Jeshion's view, which gives us preliminary reason to reject the MFC more broadly. I argue Jeshion's theory of singular thought should be rejected because the central connection she makes between significance and singularity does not hold. However, my argument grants Jeshion's claim that there is a connection between significance and file-thinking (for some kinds of files). The upshot is not only that we have reason to reject Jeshion's significance constraint on singular thought, but that we have reason to question the connection made by MFC proponents between file-thinking and singularity.

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