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− | # ''j'' thinks ''x'' an icon of ''y'' if and only if there is an ''m'' such that ''j'' thinks ''x'' an instance of ''m'' and ''j'' thinks ''m'' a property of ''y''.
| + | :* <math>j\!</math> thinks <math>x\!</math> an icon of <math>y\!</math> if and only if there is an <math>m\!</math> such that <math>j\!</math> thinks <math>x\!</math> an instance of <math>m\!</math> and <math>j\!</math> thinks <math>m\!</math> a property of <math>y.\!</math>. |
− | # ''k'' thinks ''x'' an index of ''y'' if and only if there is an ''n'' such that ''k'' thinks ''x'' a property of ''n'' and ''k'' thinks ''n'' an instance of ''y''.
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| + | :* <math>k\!</math> thinks <math>x\!</math> an index of <math>y\!</math> if and only if there is an <math>n\!</math> such that <math>k\!</math> thinks <math>x\!</math> a property of <math>n\!</math> and <math>k\!</math> thinks <math>n\!</math> an instance of <math>y.\!</math>. |
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| Readers who object to the anthropomorphism or the approximation of these statements can replace every occurrence of the verb ''thinks'' with the phrase ''interprets … as'', or even the circumlocution ''acts in every formally relevant way as if'', changing what must be changed elsewhere. For the moment, I am not concerned with the exact order of reflective sensitivity that goes into these interpretive linkages, but only with a rough outline of the pragmatic equivalence classes that are afforded by the potential conduct of their agents. | | Readers who object to the anthropomorphism or the approximation of these statements can replace every occurrence of the verb ''thinks'' with the phrase ''interprets … as'', or even the circumlocution ''acts in every formally relevant way as if'', changing what must be changed elsewhere. For the moment, I am not concerned with the exact order of reflective sensitivity that goes into these interpretive linkages, but only with a rough outline of the pragmatic equivalence classes that are afforded by the potential conduct of their agents. |