Burge, Tyler

"Meaning is public, though understanding is private."

"Proper function explains how content arises."

"Causal chains connect thoughts to their objects."

"Social practices ground linguistic meaning."

"Consciousness is always consciousness of something."

"The individuation of beliefs depends on external circumstances."

"Reference is direct when backed by appropriate causal history."

"Understanding others requires theory of mind."

"The world partially constitutes what we think about it."

"Indexicals reveal how context determines content."

"Language is fundamentally a tool for representation."

"Mental content supervenes on relational properties."

"Proper function depends on evolutionary or design history."

"Stability of reference across speakers presupposes shared world."

"Understanding requires grasping conditions for truth and falsity."

"The extension of concepts depends on the world."

"Communication succeeds when speakers share conceptual frameworks."

"Thought about possibilities requires understanding modal facts."

"Content is determined by actual historical relations."

"Meaning survives translation only when relationships preserved."

"Understanding deepens as we encounter diverse perspectives."

"The intentional stance explains cognitive attribution."

"Representation requires a distinction between appearance and reality."

"Causal mechanisms underlie all cognitive functions."

"Language extends cognition into the social realm."

"Proper understanding respects both intention and convention."

"Mental states are individuated by their representational content."