02540nam 2200469 450 991048016230332120190826145055.090-04-34420-910.1163/9789004344204(CKB)3710000001444430(MiAaPQ)EBC4933710 2017039889(nllekb)BRILL9789004344204(EXLCZ)99371000000144443020170824d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierNatural language and possible minds how language uncovers the cognitive landscape of nature /by Prakash MondalLeiden ;Boston :Brill-Rodopi,2017.1 online resource (244 pages) illustrationsValue inquiry book series,Cognitive science0929-8436 ;v. 303.90-04-31665-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Natural Language and the Linguistic Foundations of Mind -- Possible Minds from Natural Language -- Natural Language, Machines and Minds -- Possible Minds and the Cognitive -- Conclusion.In Natural Language and Possible Minds: How Language Uncovers the Cognitive Landscape of Nature Prakash Mondal attempts to demonstrate that language can reveal the hidden logical texture of diverse types of mentality in non-humans, contrary to popular belief. The widely held assumption in mainstream cognitive science is that language being humanly unique introduces an anthropomorphic bias in investigations into the nature of other possible minds. This book turns this around by formulating a lattice of mental structures distilled from linguistic structures constituting the cognitive building blocks of an ensemble of biological entities/beings. This turns out to have surprising consequences for machine cognition as well. Challenging mainstream views, this book will appeal to cognitive scientists, philosophers of mind, linguists and also cognitive ethologists.Value Inquiry Book Series303.CognitionLanguage and languagesPhilosophyElectronic books.Cognition.Language and languagesPhilosophy.121.68Mondal Prakash884743NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910480162303321Natural language and possible minds1975659UNINA