Thinking Out Loud : An Essay on the Relation between Thought and Language

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Most contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and linguists think of language as basically a means by which speakers reveal their thoughts to others. Christopher Gauker calls this ""the Lockean theory of language, "" since Locke was one of its early exponents, and he contends th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gauker, Christopher
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Thought and thinking.
Psycholinguistics.
Language and languages > Philosophy.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
psycholinguistics.
thinking.
Psycholinguistique.
Pensee.
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
Psycholinguistics
Thinking
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Most contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and linguists think of language as basically a means by which speakers reveal their thoughts to others. Christopher Gauker calls this ""the Lockean theory of language, "" since Locke was one of its early exponents, and he contends that it is fundamentally mistaken. The Lockean theory, he argues, cannot adequately explain the nature of the general concepts that words are supposed to express. In developing this theme, Gauker investigates a wide range of topics, including Locke's own views, contemporary theories of conceptual development, the natur.
Notas:Cover.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (344 pages).
ISBN:9781400863952

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