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Meaning, creativity, and the partial inscrutability of the human mind
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- Creator
- Julius M. Moravcsik
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Stanford, Calif. : CSLI Publications, [1998]
- ©1998
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- viii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781575861272, 1575861275, 9781575861265, 1575861267
- OCLC
- ocm38485924
- Includes bibliographical references (page 193) and index.
- Introduction: Where Has the Philosophy of Language Gone Wrong? -- Pt. I. Why Natural Languages are Not and Should Not Be Represented as Formal Languages. Ch. 1. Natural Languages Cannot Be Formal Languages: The Lexicon. Ch. 2. Natural Languages Cannot Be Formal Languages: The Logical Structure -- Pt. II. The Lexicon, Explanations, and Productivity. Ch. 3. Lexical Meanings as Explanatory Schemes. Ch. 4. Key Issues in Theories of Language -- Pt. III. Explanation, the Productive Lexicon, and Limitations on Understanding Understanding. Ch. 5. Homo sapiens=Homo explanans. Ch. 6. Is the Human Mind Partially Inscrutable?