Normally, the content of a proposition is identified with its truth
condition and the content of other conceptual entities, such as
objects, are identified with those properties of the object that can
make a contribution to the truth of predicates applied to it. Narrow
content is that part of content that is wholly cognitive, rather than
purely objective.
Is there any such thing as narrow content? This is perhaps the
hottest debate in the theory of meaning, and is at the heart of the current debate about intentionality.
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Article by David Chalmers proposing an account of narrow content based upon a distinction between notional and relational content. Notional content allows us to describe the `subject-eye' view of the world, whilst relational content allows us to give observer independent analogues of notional content.
Part two of six of an annotated bibliography on the philosophy of mind by David Chalmers.
Part two of six of an annotated bibliography on the philosophy of mind by David Chalmers.
Article by David Chalmers proposing an account of narrow content based upon a distinction between notional and relational content. Notional content allows us to describe the `subject-eye' view of the world, whilst relational content allows us to give observer independent analogues of notional content.
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