Essays on Reference, Language, and Mind

Essays on Reference, Language, and Mind
Title Essays on Reference, Language, and Mind PDF eBook
Author Keith Donnellan
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 231
Release 2012-07-26
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 0199857997

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This volume presents a highly focused collection of articles by Donnellan. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the philosophy of language and mind went through a paradigm shift, with the then-dominant Fregean theory losing ground to the 'direct reference' theory sometimes referred to as the direct reference revolution. Donnellan played a key role in this shift, focusing on the relation of semantic reference, a touchstone in the philosophy of language and the relation of 'thinking about' - a touchstone in the philosophy of mind.

New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind

New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind
Title New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind PDF eBook
Author Noam Chomsky
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 252
Release 2000-04-13
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9780521658225

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Outstanding and unique contribution to the philosophical study of language and mind by Noam Chomsky.

Language and Mind

Language and Mind
Title Language and Mind PDF eBook
Author Noam Chomsky
Publisher New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pages 218
Release 1972
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN

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In this collection of Chomsky's lectures, the first three essays describe linguistic contributions to the study of the mind and the last three discuss the relationship among linguistics, philosophy, and psychology.

New Essays on Singular Thought

New Essays on Singular Thought
Title New Essays on Singular Thought PDF eBook
Author Robin Jeshion
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 337
Release 2010-05-27
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 0199567883

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Leading philosophers present essays on an issue central to philosophy of mind, language, and perception: the nature of our thought about the external world. The essays explore directions for future research, an important resource for anyone working at the interface of semantics and mental representation.

Sensations, Thoughts, Language

Sensations, Thoughts, Language
Title Sensations, Thoughts, Language PDF eBook
Author Arthur Sullivan
Publisher Routledge
Pages 326
Release 2019-09-30
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1351017411

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Brian Loar (1939-2014) was an eminent and highly respected philosopher of mind and language. He was at the forefront of several different field-defining debates between the 1970s and the 2000s—from his earliest work on reducing semantics to psychology, through debates about reference, functionalism, externalism, and the nature of intentionality, to his most enduringly influential work on the explanatory gap between consciousness and neurons. Loar is widely credited with having developed the most comprehensive functionalist account of certain aspects of the mind, and his ‘phenomenal content strategy’ is arguably one of the most significant developments on the ancient mind/body problem. This volume of essays honours the entirety of Loar’s wide-ranging philosophical career. It features sixteen original essays from influential figures in the fields of philosophy of language and philosophy of mind, including those who worked with and were taught by Loar. The essays are divided into three thematic sections covering Loar’s work in philosophy of language, especially the relations between semantics and psychology (1970s-80s), on content in the philosophy of mind (1980s-90s), and on the metaphysics of intentionality and consciousness (1990s and beyond). Taken together, this book is a fitting tribute to one of the leading minds of the latter-20th century, and a timely reflection on Loar’s enduring influence on the philosophy of mind and language.

Direct Reference

Direct Reference
Title Direct Reference PDF eBook
Author Francois Recanati
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
Pages 436
Release 1997-08-15
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 9780631206347

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This volume puts forward a distinct new theory of direct reference, blending insights from both the Fregean and the Russellian traditions, and fitting the general theory of language understanding used by those working on the pragmatics of natural language

Language, Consciousness, Culture

Language, Consciousness, Culture
Title Language, Consciousness, Culture PDF eBook
Author Ray S. Jackendoff
Publisher MIT Press
Pages 431
Release 2009-01-23
Genre Psychology
ISBN 0262303647

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An integrative approach to human cognition that encompasses the domains of language, consciousness, action, social cognition, and theory of mind that will foster cross-disciplinary conversation among linguists, philosophers, psycholinguists, neuroscientists, cognitive anthropologists, and evolutionary psychologists. Ray Jackendoff's Language, Consciousness, Culture represents a breakthrough in developing an integrated theory of human cognition. It will be of interest to a broad spectrum of cognitive scientists, including linguists, philosophers, psycholinguists, neuroscientists, cognitive anthropologists, and evolutionary psychologists. Jackendoff argues that linguistics has become isolated from the other cognitive sciences at least partly because of the syntax-based architecture assumed by mainstream generative grammar. He proposes an alternative parallel architecture for the language faculty that permits a greater internal integration of the components of language and connects far more naturally to such larger issues in cognitive neuroscience as language processing, the connection of language to vision, and the evolution of language. Extending this approach beyond the language capacity, Jackendoff proposes sharper criteria for a satisfactory theory of consciousness, examines the structure of complex everyday actions, and investigates the concepts involved in an individual's grasp of society and culture. Each of these domains is used to reflect back on the question of what is unique about human language and what follows from more general properties of the mind. Language, Consciousness, Culture extends Jackendoff's pioneering theory of conceptual semantics to two of the most important domains of human thought: social cognition and theory of mind. Jackendoff's formal framework allows him to draw new connections among a large variety of literatures and to uncover new distinctions and generalizations not previously recognized. The breadth of the approach will foster cross-disciplinary conversation; the vision is to develop a richer understanding of human nature.