Abstract
Abstract A verbal description of Clyde represents him as having three children. A portrait of him as a young man represents him as having had a bushy moustache. A thermometer represents him as now having a temperature of 103 F. Verbal descriptions, portraits, and thermometers are ordinary physical objects. So thinking of the mind in representational terms is the first step in conceiving of the mind in naturalistically congenial terms— as like other physical objects and events: measuring instruments, words, and pictures. Thoughts and experiences of Clyde, just like thermometers, words, and pictures, are physical objects that say things about Clyde that may or may not be true.
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