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Language, thought and consciousness : an essay in philosophical psychology /
Do we think in natural language? Or is language only for communication? Much recent work in philosophy and cognitive science assumes the latter. In contrast, Peter Carruthers argues that much of human conscious thinking is conducted in the medium of natural language sentences. However, this does not...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [England] ; New York, N.Y. :
Cambridge University Press,
1996.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Do we think in natural language? Or is language only for communication? Much recent work in philosophy and cognitive science assumes the latter. In contrast, Peter Carruthers argues that much of human conscious thinking is conducted in the medium of natural language sentences. However, this does not commit him to any sort of Whorfian linguistic relativism, and the view is developed within a framework that is broadly nativist and modularist. His study will be essential reading for all those interested in the nature and significance of natural language, whether they come from philosophy, psychology or linguistics. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 291 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-286) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511002076 9780511002076 9780521639996 0521639999 0521481589 9780521481588 9780511583360 0511583362 |