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Language, thought, and other biological categories: New foundations for realism (no pp. I-VI)

By Daniel C. Dennett , Ruth Garrett Millikan

Book information

Publisher
The MIT Press
Year
2001
ISBN
9780262631150, 9780585358987, 0262631156
Open Library ID
OL22448869M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
8 MB (8351782 bytes)
Series
A Bradford book
Edition
MIT
Pages
364\364
Topic
Biology
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Preface by Daniel C. Dennett Beginning with a general theory of function applied to body organs, behaviors, customs, and both inner and outer representations, Ruth Millikan argues that the intentionality of language can be described without reference to speaker intentions and that an understanding of the intentionality of thought can and should be divorced from the problem of understanding consciousness. The results support a realist theory of truth and of universals, and open the way for a nonfoundationalist and nonholistic approach to epistemology. Ruth Millikan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. A Bradford Book.

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