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| Reviews |
| - 'I enjoyed the read. I found much to applaud and much incitement to argument.' - William Cameron, Minds and Machines
- 'very well founded in discussions and debates in philosophy of language ... it will lead to new discussions and perspectives' - M. Brochhausen, Journal of Comparative Human Biology
- 'The essays are carefully organized to present Millikan's account of language in a novel, systemic manner...it's unapologetically ambitious, uncommonly though-provoking, and is full of insights, in every chapter. Moreover, she does often succeed at making her ideas more accessible than in other of her works...this new collection is often fascinating and consistently thought-provoking, and many
of her claims that seem on first look to be obviously wrong become, over time, utterly compelling. The book is a challenge, but it's worth it.' - Brian Epstein, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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| Description | | - Groundbreaking work from one of the world's foremost philosophers of mind and language
- Millikan is at the forefront of the movement to integrate philosophy with science
- Highly original new position, denying that 'rules of language' exist
- Radical implications for theories about how language is learned
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Readership: Scholars and students of the philosophies of language and mind; linguists; cognitive scientists
| Contents |
1.
Language Conventions Made Simple
2.
In Defense of Public Language
3.
Meaning, Meaning, and Meaning
4.
The Son and the Daughter: On Sellars, Brandom, and Millikan
5.
The Language-Thought Partnership
6.
Why (most) Kinds are not Classes
7.
Cutting Philosophy of Language Down to Size
8.
Proper Function and Convention in Speech Acts
9.
Pushmi-pullyu Representations
10.
Semantics/Pragmatics (Purposes and Cross-Purposes)
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Ruth Garrett Millikan, University of Connecticut
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