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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785089903321

Titolo

The logical foundations of cognition [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John Macnamara and Gonzalo E. Reyes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994

ISBN

0-19-773600-9

1-280-52765-X

0-19-535782-5

1-4294-0599-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Collana

Vancouver studies in cognitive science ; ; v. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

MacnamaraJohn <1929-1996.>

ReyesGonzalo E. <1937->

Disciplina

153

153.4

Soggetti

Cognition - Philosophy

Reference (Philosophy)

Semantics (Philosophy)

Language and logic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; I. Theoretical Orientation; 1. Introduction; 2. Logic and Cognition; 3. Logic and Psychology: Comment on ""Logic and Cognition""; 4. Tools for the Advancement of Objective Logic: Closed Categories and Toposes; II. Logic; 5. Category Theory as a Conceptual Tool in the Study of Cognition; 6. Reference, Kinds and Predicates; III. Psychology; 7. Foundational Issues in the Learning of Proper Names, Count Nouns and Mass Nouns; 8. Prolegomena to a Theory of Kinds; 9. How Children Learn Common Nouns and Proper Names; 10. Mental Logic and How to Discover It

IV. Linguistics11. The Semantics of Syntactic Categories; 12. Some Issues Involving Internal and External Semantics; V. Intentionality; 13. Husserl's Notion of Intentionality; 14. Referential Structure of Fictional Texts; 15. How Not to Draw the de re/de dicto Distinction; 16. Cognitive Content and Semantics: Comment on ""How Not to Draw the de re/de dicto Distinction""



Sommario/riassunto

This volume examines the role of logic in cognitive psychology in light of recent developments, such as Gonzalo Reyes's new semantic theory. Chapters reveal the prospects of applying these new theories to cognitive psychology, cognitive science, linguistics, the philosophy of language and logic.