Direction Of Fit
The technical term direction-of-fit is used to describe the distinctions that are offered by two related sets of opposing terms:
- The more general set of mind-to-world (i.e., mind-to-fit-world, not from-mind-to-world) vs. world-to-mind (i.e., world-to-fit-mind) used by philosophers of mind, and
- The narrower, more specific set, word-to-world (i.e., word-to-fit-world) vs. world-to-word (i.e., world-to-fit-word) used by advocates of speech act theory.
Read more about Direction Of Fit: In General, Earlier Theories, In Speech Act Theory, In Philosophy of Mind
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