Olson, E.T. (2017) Ben's Body Reads the Guardian. Chinese Semiotic Studies, 13 (4). pp. 367-380. ISSN 2198-9613
Abstract
We can say Ben is reading, but not Ben’s body is reading. The relational account says that this is because our bodies are objects that do not read. On the false-implication account, by contrast, to say Ben’s body is reading is to say that Ben is reading, while implying, falsely, that reading is some sort of brute-physical property. Besides being metaphysically neutral, this sort of view explains far better why we cannot say such things as Ben’s mind is six feet tall. But neither account explains why we cannot say Ben’s body is six feet tall. The article argues that a variant of the false-implication account can solve this puzzle.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH. This is an author-produced version of a paper accepted for publication in Chinese Semiotic Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | false implication; mind; physical property |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Philosophy (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 20 Dec 2017 11:50 |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2018 01:39 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1515/css-2017-0021 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1515/css-2017-0021 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:124931 |