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Wandering Significance: An Essay on Conceptual Behaviour

By Mark Wilson

Book information

Publisher
Clarendon Press • Oxford
Year
2006
ISBN
0199269254, 9780199269259, 9781435622685
LCC
BD418.3 .W53 2006
Open Library ID
OL22717469M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10314537 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
691\691
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Mark Wilson presents a highly original and broad-ranging investigation of the way we get to grips with the world conceptually, and the way that philosophical problems commonly arise from this. He combines traditional philosophical concerns about human conceptual thinking with illuminating data derived from a large variety of fields including physics and applied mathematics, cognitive psychology, and linguistics. Wandering Significance offers abundant new insights and perspectives for philosophers of language, mind, and science, and will also reward the interest of psychologists, linguists, and anyone curious about the mysterious ways in which useful language obtains its practical applicability.

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