In this book, Julius M. Moravcsik disputes that a natural language is not and should not be represented as a formal language. The book criticizes current philosophy of language as having an altered focus without adjusting the needed conceptual tools. It develops a new theory of lexical meaning, 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. In conclusion, based on the theories of lexical meaning and cognition, this work sketches an argument showing that the human understanding of human understanding must always remain just partial. ; CSLI Lecture Notes 79; 200 pages.

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Titre

MEANING, CREATIVITY AND THE INSCRUTABILITY OF THE HUMAN MIND

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Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford, California, U.S.A.

Date de parution

1998

Langue

anglais

ISBN � 10 chiffres

1575861275

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9781575861272

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Hardcover

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Near Fine

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This volume criticises current philosophy of language as having an altered focus without adjusting the needed conceptual tools. It develops a new theory of lexical meaning, 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. Based on the theories of lexical meaning and cognition, this book sketches an argument showing that the human understanding of human understanding must always remain just partial.

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

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