Meaning, Creativity, and the Partial Inscrutability of the Human Mind - Brossura

Moravcsik, Julius M.

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ISBN 10: 1575864800 ISBN 13: 9781575864808

Casa editrice: Stanford Univ Center for the Study, 2017

Riassunto

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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Informazioni sull?autore

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

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Stanford Univ Center for the Study
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1575864800
• ISBN 13: 9781575864808
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 210
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile