Language and Thought Interdisciplinary Themes |
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| Editor:
| Carruthers, Peter
Boucher, Jill |
| Contribution by:
| Clark, Andy
Davies, Martin
Dennett, Daniel Clement
Frankish, Keith
Goldin-Meadow, Susan
Gomez, Juan-Carlos
Laurence, Stephen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-63758-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1998 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $67.95 |
Book Description:
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What is the place of language in human cognition? Do we sometimes think in natural language? Or is language for purposes of interpersonal communication only? Although these questions have been much debated in the past, they have almost dropped from sight in recent decades amongst those interested in the cognitive sciences. Language and thought is intended to persuade such people to think again. It brings together essays by a distinguished interdisciplinary team of philosophers and...
More DescriptionWhat is the place of language in human cognition? Do we sometimes think in natural language? Or is language for purposes of interpersonal communication only? Although these questions have been much debated in the past, they have almost dropped from sight in recent decades amongst those interested in the cognitive sciences. Language and thought is intended to persuade such people to think again. It brings together essays by a distinguished interdisciplinary team of philosophers and psychologists, who discuss various ways in which language may be implicated in human cognition.