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    An agent can be competent with 'dthat[the cause of the pe... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Perceptual contact with an object is not necessary at all for an agent to think about that object directly.

    An agent can be competent with 'dthat[the cause of the perturbations in Uranus's orbit]' without perceiving Neptune.

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    Strawson maintained that an agent can demonstratively identify only objects that she has perceived. Neo-Russellians typically go a step further, claiming that an agent can think directly about objects she has not perceived in virtue of standing in the appropriate communicative chains ending in the object. So, even though you have never perceived Plato, we will safely suppose, you can nevertheless think directly about Plato in virtue of your standing in a communicative chain that ultimately trace

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