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Krista Lawlor (Author)

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January 29, 2001 0815339631 978-0815339632
This book defends a novel theory of singular concepts, emphasizing the pragmatic requirements of singular concept possession and arguing that these requirements must be understood to institute traditions and policies of thought.

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...a brilliant book.
–Kent Bach, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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Krista Lawlor is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University.

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In the Principles of Psychology, William James remarks on a distinctive capacity of ours for self-knowledge. Read the first page
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pruning dispositions, sameness markers, grasping sameness, epistemic vigilance, making inferential transitions, purported coreference, own epistemic activity, terms corefer, unreflective thinkers, priori certain knowledge, sameness representation, compatibilist reply, screening disposition, defeasible claims, dot model, warranted inference, incorrect trades, cognitive particulars, best piano teacher, merge model, human cognizers, demonstrative sense, identity premise, mediate inferences, priori certainty
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Old Things, New Thoughts, Self-Knowledge Problem, Twin Earth, Nein Thoughts, New Tbougbts, Twin Pavarotti
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