Mind, Language and Subjectivity: Minimal Content and the Theory of Thought

ISBN-13: 9781138795969 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 260 str.

Nicholas Georgalis;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

In this monograph Nicholas Georgalis further develops his important work on minimal content, recasting and providing novel solutions to several of the fundamental problems faced by philosophers of language. His theory defends and explicates the importance of 'thought-tokens' and minimal content and their many-to-one relation to linguistic meaning, challenging both 'externalist' accounts of thought and the solutions to philosophical problems of language they inspire. The concepts of idiolect, use, and statement made are critically discussed, and a classification of kinds of utterances is developed to facilitate the latter. This is an important text for those interested in current theories and debates on philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and their points of intersection.

Recenzje

'As mentioned at the beginning of this review, there is an increasing number of philosophers who reject externalism. Georgalis's framework stands out as a bold and original alternative. The insistence that we need to take the first-person perspective seriously is powerfully motivated.' - Joe Y.F. Lau, The University of Hong Kong, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Spis treści

1. Minimal Content and Intentionality  2. More on Minimal Content and Related Issues  3. Thinking Differently about Thought and Language  4. The Superiority of the New Theory to Frege’s  5. Kripke’s Puzzle about Belief Solved  6. Use, Idiolect, and Statement Made  7. Speaker’s Referent  8. Speaker’s Referent and the Referential/Attributive Distinction  9. Proper Names  10. Solutions to Classic Problems  11. Securing Determinate Meaning—Part I: Against Kripkenstein  12. Securing Determinate Meaning—Part II: Against Quine

O autorze

Nicholas Georgalis is Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy at East Carolina University. His publications include: The Primacy of the Subjective: Foundations for a Unified Theory of Mind and Language, "Representation and the First-Person Perspective" in Synthese, "The Fiction of Phenomenal Intentionality" in Consciousness and Emotion, and "Rethinking Burge’s Thought Experiment" in Synthese.