Abstract

In her account of thought insertion, Pedrini follows the prevailing view that it is an error about ‘who is thinking a thought.’ This view is based on a particular characterization of thinking as analogous to physical actions, where an object can be made, possessed, moved about, and put in and out of containers. This picture is well-suited for explaining thought insertion where the speaker talks of having the thoughts of others put into his mind. The question, ‘Who is thinking?’ can then be answered in at least two ways, as the person who has or possesses the thought, or the person who produces it. This leads into discussions about agency and its criteria. This move is understandable as part of a...