Take Putnam’s Twin Earth thought experiment, where we try to analyze the idea (essence?) of “belief” or “aboutness” by postulating an entire alternate Earth that periodically exchanges people with our own.
Maybe he is just trying to find a good model. If you want to accuse people of excessive literalism, you need some firm examples.
Show me a model that’s useful for understanding human behavior, and I’ll show you someone who’s taken it too literally.
Maybe he is just trying to find a good model. If you want to accuse people of excessive literalism, you need some firm examples.
Go on, then.