Indexicality, transparency, and mental files

Derek Nelson Ball

doi:10.1080/0020174X.2014.883752

Indexicality, transparency, and mental files

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Abstract

Francois Recanati’s Mental Files (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) presents a picture of the mind on which mental representations are indexical and transparent. I dispute this picture: there is no clear case for regarding mental representations as indexical, and there are counterexamples to transparency.

Original language	English
Number of pages	20
Journal	Inquiry - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy
Early online date	20 Feb 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2014.883752
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Indexicality, transparency, and mental files

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