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De se thoughts and immunity to error through misidentification

Manuel García-Carpintero

pp. 3311-3333

Abstract

I discuss an aspect of the relation between accounts of de se thought and the phenomenon of immunity to error through misidentification. I will argue that a deflationary account of the latter—the Simple Account, due to Evans (The varieties of reference, 1982)—will not do; a more robust one based on an account of de se thoughts is required. I will then sketch such an alternative account, based on a more general view on singular thoughts, and show how it can deal with the problems I raise for the Simple Account.

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Ben-Yami Hanoch, Carston Robyn, Werning Markus (2018) Trends in philosophy of language and mind. Synthese 195 (8).

Pages: 3311-3333

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-015-0817-y

Full citation:

García-Carpintero Manuel (2018) „De se thoughts and immunity to error through misidentification“. Synthese 195 (8), 3311–3333.