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Meaning, Creativity, and the Partial Inscrutability of the Human Mind: Second Edition (Lecture Notes)

Full title: Meaning, Creativity, and the Partial Inscrutability of the Human Mind: Second Edition (Lecture Notes)
ISBN: 9781575864808
ISBN 10: 1575864800
Authors: Moravcsik, Julius M.
Publisher: Center For The Study Of Language And Inf
Edition: 2
Num. pages: 218
Binding: Paperback
Language: en
Published on: 2017

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Synopsis

Where Has The Philosophy Of Language Gone Wrong? -- Why Natural Languages Are Not And Should Not Be Represented As Formal Languages -- Natural Languages Cannot Be Formal Languages: The Lexicon -- Natural Languages Cannot Be Formal Languages: The Logical Structure -- The Lexicon, Explanations, And Productivity -- Lexical Meanings As Explanatory Schemes -- Key Issues In Theories Of Language -- Explanation, The Productive Lexicon, And Limitations On Understanding -- Homo Sapiens=homo Explanans -- Is The Human Mind Partially Inscrutable? Julius M. Moravcsik. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 203-206) And Index.