A practical solution to the problem of empty singular thought

Imogen Dickie

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199647057.003.0009

A practical solution to the problem of empty singular thought

Imogen Dickie

Philosophy

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This chapter develops a distinction between practically and classically oriented thought about particulars, and it argues that this distinction generates an improvement on extant accounts of cases of essayed singular thought where there is no object that the essayed thought is about.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Empty Representations
Subtitle of host publication	Reference and Non-Existence
Editors	Manuel García-Carpintero, Genoveva Martí
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Chapter	8
Pages	215-244
ISBN (Print)	9780199647057
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199647057.003.0009
Publication status	Published - 14 Aug 2014

Keywords

Singular thought
Demonstrative thought
Demonstrative reference failure
Empty names
Truth-value gaps

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