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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786614003321

Autore

Schierbaum Sonja

Titolo

Ockham's assumption of mental speech : thinking in a world of particulars / / by Sonja Schierbaum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-27762-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

Investigating Medieval Philosophy, , 1879-9787 ; ; Volume 6

Disciplina

128/.2

Soggetti

Philosophy of mind

Language and languages - Philosophy

Semantics

Thought and thinking

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Basic Characteristics of Language: Signification and Supposition -- Ockham’s Semantic Model: Subordination, Correspondence, and the Role of Mental Speech with Respect to Spoken Language -- Ockham’s Model of Thought -- Why Ockham Is Not Fodor -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.

Sommario/riassunto

In Ockham’s Assumption of Mental Speech: Thinking in a World of Particulars , Sonja Schierbaum advances a detailed philosophical reconstruction of William Ockham’s (1287-1349) conception of mental speech. Ockham’s conception provides a rich account of cognition and semantics that binds together various philosophical issues and forms a point of departure for many later and even contemporary debates. The book analyses the role of mental speech for the semantics and the use of linguistic expressions as well as its function within Ockham’s cognitive theory and epistemology. Carefully balancing Ockham’s position against contemporary appropriations in the light of Fodor’s LOTH, it allows us to understand better Ockham’s view on human thought and its relation to language.