Thanks for the feedback. The second post was handwavey—or at least, link-wavey. I basically just gave some links and a brief discussion to indicate that a “causal theory of reference” should be the go-to way to try to understand the reference of desires.
All of which was to support and help interpret one sentence of my last post:
The words and concepts we use for these things—pain, passion, elation, for some easier examples—refer to the actual processes in human beings that drive the related behavior.
But maybe the two stories (Gasoline Gal, and Carol) do that better, than appealing to a causal theory of reference.
Thanks for the feedback. The second post was handwavey—or at least, link-wavey. I basically just gave some links and a brief discussion to indicate that a “causal theory of reference” should be the go-to way to try to understand the reference of desires.
All of which was to support and help interpret one sentence of my last post:
But maybe the two stories (Gasoline Gal, and Carol) do that better, than appealing to a causal theory of reference.