?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Components+of+Content&rft.creator=Chalmers%2C+David+J.&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=This+paper+addresses+some+tricky+issues+in+the+area+where+the+philosophy+of+mind+meets+the+philosophy+of+language.+In+it+I+develop+a+two-dimensional+account+of+the+contents+of+thought%2C+decomposing+content+into+notional+and+relational+content%2C+both+of+which+are+propositional+and+truth-conditional.+Notional+content+is+generally+internal+to+a+cognitive+system%2C+and+governs+rational+relations+between+thoughts%2C+so+it+can+play+the+role+of+%22narrow%22+or+%22cognitive%22+content.+I+apply+this+framework+to+a+number+of+puzzles+(Frege's+puzzle%2C+Kripke's+puzzle%2C+the+problem+of+the+essential+indexical%2C+the+mode-of-presentation+problem%2C+etc.)+in+the+philosophy+of+mind+and+the+philosophy+of+language&rft.date=1994&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F321%2F1%2Fcontent.html&rft.identifier=++Chalmers%2C+David+J.++(1994)+The+Components+of+Content.++%5BPreprint%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F321%2F