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Vindicating Evans: A Defence Of Evans' Theory Of Singular Thought, Dylan A. Hurry
Vindicating Evans: A Defence Of Evans' Theory Of Singular Thought, Dylan A. Hurry
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A singular thought can intuitively be understood as a thought that is directly about a particular thing, e.g., a non-conceptual thought about B.B. King, Mont Blanc, or your most beloved pet. The consensus within the singular thought literature has been that Gareth Evans (1982) develops a theory of singular thought throughout his posthumously published work The Varieties of Reference. However, Evans never claims to be developing a theory of singular thought, nor does the locution ‘singular thought’ appear more than a handful of times throughout the work. The singular thought literature lacks any substantial exegetical engagement with the theory …