Indexical Thought

Abstract

Abstract This chapter addresses another source of externalist intuitions regarding the individuation of intentional content, viz., David Kaplan’s theory of indexicals. It argues that the intuitions Kaplan appeals to concerning “what is said” are not inevitable. The chapter is concerned to defend a conception of indexical thought content that is entirely phenomenal and internalist; it develops an account of indexical concepts and thought consistent with the phenomenal intentionality of thought thesis. It also offers a critique of phenomenal concepts and the phenomenal concept strategy.