Meaning, Creativity, and the Partial Inscrutability of the Human Mind
Author:   Julius M. Moravcsik (Stanford University, California)
Publisher:   Centre for the Study of Language & Information
Volume:   79
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Pages:   350
Publication Date:   28 August 1998
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Author:   Julius M. Moravcsik (Stanford University, California)
Publisher:   Centre for the Study of Language & Information
Imprint:   Centre for the Study of Language & Information
Volume:   79
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.462kg
ISBN:  

9781575861272


ISBN 10:   1575861275
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   28 August 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction: where has the philosophy of language gone wrong?; Part I. Why Natural Languages are Not and Should Not be Represented as Formal Language: 1. Natural languages cannot be formal languages: the Lexicon; 2. Natural languages cannot be formal languages: the logical structure; Part II. The Lexicon, Explanations, and Productivity: 3. Lexical meanings as explanatory schemes; 4. Key issues in theories of languages; Part III. Explanation, the Productive Lexicon, and Limitations on Understanding Understandings: 5. Homo Sapiens - Homo Explanans; 6. Is the human mind partially inscrutable?

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. ..jam-packed with interesting data... Robert Stainton, Philosophy in Review This searching inquiry opens new directions for the study of meaning and mind, very promising ones: challenging contributions to difficult and important problems. Noam Chomsky, MIT . ..jam-packed with interesting data... Robert Stainton, Philosophy in Review


".""..jam-packed with interesting data..."" Robert Stainton, Philosophy in Review ""This searching inquiry opens new directions for the study of meaning and mind, very promising ones: challenging contributions to difficult and important problems."" Noam Chomsky, MIT .""..jam-packed with interesting data..."" Robert Stainton, Philosophy in Review"


This searching inquiry opens new directions for the study of meaning and mind, very promising ones: challenging contributions to difficult and important problems. Noam Chomsky, MIT . ..jam-packed with interesting data... Robert Stainton, Philosophy in Review


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Julius M. Moravcsik (1931 2009) was professor of philosophy at Stanford University.

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