In obliquo implicatum

in obliquo Philosophy of mind A mode of thinking (also called modus oblique) in contrast to in recto (also called modus rectus). According to this account, when a mental act is about a subject in relation to an object, a person is thinking of a subject and an object at the same time. One thinks of the subject in recto and thinks of the object in obliquo. For example, if I am thinking of X who loves flowers, then X is thought in recto and flowers are thought in obliquo. “It is plain that a clarification of the presentation can come about through an analysis of its object both in recto and in obliquo.” Brentano, Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint in recto, see in obliquo inscrutability of reference Logic, philosophy of language Also referential inscrutability, a collateral thesis of the indeterminacy of translation. Traditionally, meaning and reference are closely associated and even inseparable. In attacking this assumption, Quine claims that in a hypothetical native language the reference of general terms is objectively and behaviorally inscrutable. For example, we have no objective