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    Therefore the telescope analogy fails: what appears inter... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The sense of a proper name is objective, not merely subjective like an idea, yet is distinct from the reference (the object itself)

    Therefore the telescope analogy fails: what appears intermediate between idea and reference may simply be a privileged idea lacking genuine objectivity.

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    • 1.Ideas about reference are internal mental states; external reference exists independently of our representations of it.
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    • 2.Privileged ideas (like sense-data or concepts) can seem to bridge mind and world but actually reflect only subjective organization.
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    • 3.The telescope analogy assumes an intermediate layer genuinely connects observer to object, but this may be circular reasoning.
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    • 1.Some intermediate representations (linguistic signs, scientific models) successfully predict and control external reality, suggesting objectivity.
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    • 2.Dismissing intermediates as 'merely subjective' requires an alternative account of how thought connects to world at all.
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    • 3.The claim that privileged ideas lack objectivity itself needs justification—why assume internal representations cannot have objective content?
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    Dismissing intermediates as 'merely subjective' requires an alternative account ...Ideas about reference are internal mental states; external reference exists inde...Privileged ideas (like sense-data or concepts) can seem to bridge mind and world...Some intermediate representations (linguistic signs, scientific models) successf...
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    The claim that privileged ideas lack objectivity itself needs justification—why ...The sense of a proper name is objective, not merely subjective like an idea, yet...The telescope analogy assumes an intermediate layer genuinely connects observer ...

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