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mental files: a standalone construct

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Philosophy of language

Recanati's framework treating singular concepts as mental files that store information about an object, grounded in epistemically rewarding relations to it.

In philosophy of language, mental files refers to recanati's framework treating singular concepts as mental files that store information about an object, grounded in epistemically rewarding relations to it. This meaning comes from Recanati (2012) in Mental Files.[1]

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References

Recanati, F. (2012). Mental Files. Oxford University Press, Incorporated. ISBN 9780191635465

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