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

Moravcsik, Julius M.

 
9781575864808: Meaning, Creativity, and the Partial Inscrutability of the Human Mind
Brossura
ISBN 10: 1575864800 ISBN 13: 9781575864808
Casa editrice: Stanford Univ Center for the Study, 2017

Sinossi

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.

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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
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