02589nam 2200625 a 450 991045754560332120200520144314.01-283-42675-797866134267580-19-161966-3(CKB)2550000000072872(EBL)829408(OCoLC)769344068(SSID)ssj0000642511(PQKBManifestationID)12224213(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000642511(PQKBWorkID)10647985(PQKB)10091897(MiAaPQ)EBC829408(Au-PeEL)EBL829408(CaPaEBR)ebr10520368(CaONFJC)MIL342675(EXLCZ)99255000000007287220120111d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA user's guide to thought and meaning[electronic resource] /Ray Jackendoff ; with illustrations by Neil Cohn, Bill Griffith, and othersOxford Oxford University Press20121 online resource (287 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-873645-2 0-19-969320-X Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Language, words, and meaning -- pt. 2. Consciousness and perception -- pt. 3. Reference and truth -- pt. 4. Rationality and intuition.A User's Guide to Thought and Meaning presents a profound and arresting integration of the faculties of the mind - of how we think, speak, and see the world. Ray Jackendoff starts out by looking at languages and what the meanings of words and sentences actually do. He shows that meanings are more adaptive and complicated than they're commonly given credit for, and he is led to some basic questions: How do we perceive and act in the world? How do we talk about it? And how can the collection of neurons in the brain give rise to conscious experience? As it turns out, the organization of language,Meaning (Philosophy)Thought and thinkingElectronic books.Meaning (Philosophy)Thought and thinking.181.07181/.07Jackendoff Ray1945-191613Cohn Neil953173Griffith Bill953174MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457545603321A user's guide to thought and meaning2154887UNINA