Indexical Dynamics (5) - François Recanati (2023-2024)

Colloque : Indexical Dynamics
Conférence du 24 juin 2024 : Knowing How to Keep Track of Particulars
Intervenant : Taku Uchiyama, Georg-August-University, Göttingen
We often do the same thing by doing different things, while we also do different things by doing the same thing. The former is the case when we think of a particular object (place, time, people, etc.) while we move on from one context to another. For example, to think of a particular day d as time passes, we need to think of d differently, i.e., as tomorrow, today, and yesterday. Despite those differences at a local level, the thought remains the same because it depends on the same ability to keep track of d over time (Evans 1981). How can such a cognitive capacity be best understood? On the functionalist’s view, it can be understood as a disposition to interact with things in ways appropriate for changing contexts. However, such an externalist’s approach fails to capture the content of thoughts at issue, which is supposed to be essentially indexical. In contrast, the internalist’s view does respect the content. Still, it fails to account for its indexical nature because such an account either leads to an infinite regress or amounts to be circular. This paper aims to provide a hybrid view. The view is basically internalistic because it reflects the content of indexical thoughts. At the same time, it appeals to the functional and dispositional notion of ability. The resulting view adequately characterizes the ability that underlies the indexical content of thoughts.
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