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meaning by social context
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elements
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beliefs and propositional attitudes
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natural language as communication

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Burge, T., "Individualism and the mental", Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 4, 1979, pp. 73-121. Google

Quotations
73 ;;Quote: since Hegel, there is an inarticulate division between private, mental states and the role of social institutions
75 ;;Quote: a 'notion' is an element of the content of a person's attitude given by a that-clause; a that-clause 'ascribes' 'attributions' (attitudes and notions)
75+;;Quote: an oblique occurrence is an expression (like 'water') in a content clause that is not freely exchangeable with all extensionally equivalent expressions
77 ;;Quote: thought experiment for social basis of mental contents; a misunderstood, oblique occurrence of 'arthritis' may be correct in a counterfactual situation
88 ;;Quote: take natural discourse literally unless clear reasons not to; used in thought experiment for social basis of mental contents
94 ;;Quote: an attribution to someone of a true belief that he is eating brisket does not change when it is learned that subject misunderstands "brisket"
101 ;;Quote: despite a misunderstood notion in a held belief, a person usually expects words to have their normal meaning; willing to ask an authority
103 ;;Quote: individualistic approaches to the mental may treat mental events as infallible seeing; neglects social features of the mind


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