Philosophical Studies 165 (2):421-443 (2013)
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It is a live possibility that certain of our experiences reliably misrepresent the world around us. I argue that tracking theories of mental representation have difficulty allowing for this possibility, and that this is a major consideration against them
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| Keywords | Mental representation Causal theories of mental representation Teleological theories of mental representation Asymmetric dependence Reliable misrepresentation Colors |
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11098-012-9966-8 |
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Consciousness and Intentionality.Angela Mendelovici & David Bourget - 2020 - In Uriah Kriegel (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Consciousness. New York, USA: Oxford University Press. pp. 560-585.
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