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Full Idea
Naturalistic accounts of content ask 1) what makes a state qualify as a representational state?, and 2) what makes a representational state have one specific content rather than another?
Gist of Idea
Naturalists must explain both representation, and what is represented
Source
Peter Schulte (Mental Content [2023], 4)
Book Ref
Schulte,Peter: 'Mental Content' [CUP 2023], p.19
A Reaction
[As often in this collection, the author uses algebraic letters, but I prefer plain English] I would say that the first question looks more amenable to an answer than the second. Do we know the neuronal difference between seeing red and blue?
Related Idea
Idea 23806 Naturalist accounts of representation must match the views of cognitive science [Schulte]