scholarly journals Seeing‐in and Singling Out: How to Reconcile Pictures with Singular Thought

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico Terrone
Keyword(s):  
Singular Thought

Singular Thoughts

2020 ◽  
pp. 143-158
Author(s):  
John Perry
Keyword(s):  
Singular Thought ◽  
Singular Proposition ◽  
Truth Conditions ◽  
Singular Propositions ◽  
Singular Thoughts

There seem to be good reasons for recognizing singular thought: thoughts that are about particular objects. It seems that singular propositions capture the truth-conditions of such thoughts; that is, propositions individuated by objects and not senses, intensions, descriptions, or even names. But then how do we handle cases where a person regards “Cicero was an orator” as true but regards “Tully was an orator” as false? She seems to believe and disbelieve the same singular proposition. The chapter argues that we need to “unburden” propositions. Beliefs are episodes that have truth-conditions that can be captured by a variety of propositions, and the propositions that “that” clauses refer to don’t capture everything relevant to understanding the belief. I provide some concepts and terminology for implementing these lower expectations for propositions.

Introduction: reference and singular thought

2012 ◽  
pp. 3-36
Author(s):  
John Hawthorne ◽  
David Manley
Keyword(s):  
Singular Thought

Singular Thought

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Murez ◽  
François Recanati ◽  
Felipe Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Singular Thought
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