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Rethinking Language, Mind, and Meaning /

In this book, Scott Soames argues that the revolution in the study of language and mind that has taken place since the late nineteenth century must be rethought. The central insight in the reigning tradition is that propositions are representational. To know the meaning of a sentence or the content...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Soames, Scott (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • The need for new foundations
  • The metaphysics and epistemology of propositions
  • Thinking of oneself, the present moment, and the actual world-state
  • Linguistic cognition, understanding, and millian modes of presentation
  • Perceptual and demonstrative modes of presentation
  • Recognition of recurrence
  • Believing, asserting, and communicating propositions of limited accessibility
  • Recognition of recurrence revisited
  • Situating cognitive propositions in a broader context
  • Overcoming objections
  • Extensions, opportunities, and unsolved problems.