Representation of Language
Philosophical Issues in a Chomskyan Linguistics
Inbunden, Engelska, 2020
Av Georges Rey, University of Maryland) Rey, Georges (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.This book is a defense of a Chomskyan conception of language against philosophical objectionsthat have been raised against it. It also provides, however, a critical examination of some of the glosses on the theory: the assimilation of it to traditional Rationalism; a supposed conflict between being innate and learned; an unclear ontology and the need of a "representational pretense" with regard to it; and, most crucially, a rejection of Chomsky's eliminativism about the role of intentionality not only in his own theories, but in any serious science at all. This last is a fundamentally important issue for linguistics, psychology, and philosophy that an examination of a theory as rich and promising as a Chomskyan linguistics should help illuminate. The book ends with a discussion of some further issues that Chomsky misleadingly associates with his theory: an anti-realism about ordinary thought and talk, and a dismissal of the mind/body problem(s), towards the solution of some of which his theory in fact makes an important contribution.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2020-10-15
- Mått165 x 245 x 30 mm
- Vikt1 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor478
- FörlagOUP OXFORD
- ISBN9780198855637