Gareth Evans used the example of a "native" with a ring through his nose to illustrate how thoughts obtain this property.
Gareth Evans used the example of a "native" with a ring through his nose to illustrate how thoughts obtain this property. The "asymmetric dependency" theory of this broad concept appears in a work that discusses the inability of frogs to distinguish between flies and bee-bees, which counters the biological theory of Ruth Millikan. An (*) externalist view of this property argues that the thoughts of an exact replica of a philosopher created by lightning would not have this property, since the "swampman" lacks Donald Davidson's experiences. Frege argued that propositions can differ in this property even when they share a referent since "morning star" and "evening star" have different senses. For 10 points, name this property studied in semantics.
Gareth Evans used the example of a "native" with a ring through his nose to illustrate how thoughts obtain this property.
meaning [or content, or intentionality, or aboutness; accept semantics until mention, prompt on “reference” until mention, prompt on “representation” or other reasonable synonyms; do NOT prompt on or accept “knowledge”]