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Seven Puzzles of Thought - And How to Solve Them: An Originalist Theory of Concepts (Hardcover)
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Seven Puzzles of Thought - And How to Solve Them: An Originalist Theory of Concepts (Hardcover)
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How can one think about the same thing twice without knowing that
it's the same thing? How can one think about nothing at all (for
example Pegasus, the mythical flying horse)? Is thinking about
oneself special? One could mistake one's car for someone else's,
but it seems one could not mistake one's own headache for someone
else's. Why not?
Mark Sainsbury and Michael Tye provide an entirely new
theory--called "originalism"-- which provides simple and natural
solutions to these puzzles and more. Originalism's central thesis
is that concepts, the constituents of thoughts, are to be
individuated by their origin, rather than epistemically or
semantically. The doctrine has further valuable consequences for
the nature of thought, our knowledge of our own thoughts, the
nature of experience, the epistemology of perception-based beliefs,
and for arguments based on conceivability. Sainsbury and Tye argue
that although thought is special, there is no special mystery
attaching to the nature of thought. Their account of the mind
considers it as part of nature, as opposed to something with
supernatural powers--which means that human beings have more
opportunities to make mistakes than many have liked to think.
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