Meaning, Creativity, and the Partial Inscrutability of the Human Mind - Couverture souple

Moravcsik, Julius M.

 
9781575864808: Meaning, Creativity, and the Partial Inscrutability of the Human Mind
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1575864800 ISBN 13 : 9781575864808
Editeur : Centre for the Study of Language & Information, 2017

Synopsis

This book criticizes current philosophy of language as having altered its focus without adjusting the needed conceptual tools. It develops a new theory of lexical meaning and a new conception of cognition--humans not as information-processing creatures but as primarily explanation and understanding-seeking creatures--with information processing as a secondary, derivative activity. Drawing on these theories of lexical meaning and cognition, Julius M. Moravcsik argues that the ability of humans to fully comprehend human understanding will always be partial. In this second edition, Moravcsik posits a new theory that emphasizes implicitness and context in communication. In this theory, language is presented as a dynamic system with built-in mechanisms for change and expansion, thus further supporting Moravcsik's overarching thesis that human understanding will always be incomplete.

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À propos de l'auteur

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

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Éditeur
Centre for the Study of Language & Information
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1575864800
ISBN 13 
9781575864808
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
218
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Personne responsable
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