29 V 2018 r., 14.30, sala 13 - Michael Murez: Mental Files: An Introduction
29 V 2018 r., 19.00, sala 13 - Michael Murez: Mental Files: Challenges and New Directions

IV Krakowskie Wykłady z Filozofii Języka: Michael Murez (Université de Nantes)

29 V 2018 r., 14.30, sala 13 - Michael Murez: Mental Files: An Introduction

Abstract: This talk will provide an opinionated introduction to the recently popular "mental file framework". We will discuss the prominent role that the notion of a file has played in discussions of singular thought in philosophy of mind, and how this use of the notion relates to others in neighboring areas of cognitive science.

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29 V 2018 r., 19.00, sala 13 - Michael Murez: Mental Files: Challenges and New Directions

Abstract: This talk discusses various challenges that have been raised against different versions of the mental file framework. These include criticisms of acquaintance or significance constraints on singular thinking, or threats of circularity against file-based accounts of Fregean puzzles about coreference. I argue for a "psychofunctionalist" version of the file framework, which draws more heavily than is customary in philosophy on psychologists' notion of an "object file". I attempt to show that this version of the file framework, while it faces novel challenges of its own, has significant theoretical and empirical virtues.

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