Language, thought and consciousness : an essay in philosophical psychology /

Do we think in natural language? Or is language only for communication? Much recent work in philosophy and cognitive science assumes the latter. In contrast, Peter Carruthers argues that much of human conscious thinking is conducted in the medium of natural language sentences. However, this does not...

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Autor principal: Carruthers, Peter, 1952-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Cambridge [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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Taula de continguts:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The geography of the issues
  • Which language do we think with?
  • Thought-based semantics
  • Holism and language
  • First steps towards a theory of consciousness
  • Second ( -order) steps towards a theory of consciousness
  • A reflexive thinking theory of consciousness
  • The involvement of language in conscious thinking
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.