I-TheSingularity ofSingularThought

Author: Crane, Tim

Source: Supplement to the Proceedings of The Aristotelian Society, Volume 85, Number 1, June 2011 , pp. 21-43(23)

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Abstract:

A singular thought can be characterized as a thought which is directed at just one object. The term `thought' can apply to episodes of thinking, or to the content of the episode (what is thought). This paper argues that episodes of thinking can be just as singular, in the above sense, when they are directed at things that do not exist as when they are directed at things that do exist. In this sense, then, singular thoughts are not object-dependent.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8349.2011.00194.x

Affiliations: 1: Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA, UK

Publication date: 2011-06-01