Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories

Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 0262631156
ISBN-13 : 9780262631150
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Book Synopsis Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories by : Ruth Garrett Millikan

Download or read book Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories written by Ruth Garrett Millikan and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1987-12-16 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with a general theory of function applied to body organs, behaviors, customs, and both inner and outer representations, Ruth Millikan argues that the intentionality of language can be described without reference to speaker intentions and that an understanding of the intentionality of thought can and should be divorced from the problem of understanding consciousness. The results support a realist theory of truth and of universals, and open the way for a nonfoundationalist and nonholistic approach to epistemology. A Bradford Book


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