02517nam 2200457 450 991079604290332120230809224947.090-04-34420-910.1163/9789004344204(CKB)3710000001444430(MiAaPQ)EBC49337102017039889(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 Series ;303.0929-8436CognitionLanguage and languagesPhilosophyCognition.Language and languagesPhilosophy.121.68Mondal Prakash884743NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910796042903321Natural language and possible minds3807923UNINA05235oam 2200769I 450 991081400820332120200520144314.01-134-90303-01-134-90304-91-280-32758-80-203-16068-110.4324/9780203160688 (CKB)111056485515242(EBL)179931(OCoLC)475885871(SSID)ssj0000904674(PQKBManifestationID)11511239(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000904674(PQKBWorkID)10939017(PQKB)10493402(SSID)ssj0000249099(PQKBManifestationID)12062709(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000249099(PQKBWorkID)10222372(PQKB)10846779(MiAaPQ)EBC179931(Au-PeEL)EBL179931(CaPaEBR)ebr10060935(CaONFJC)MIL32758(OCoLC)51023552(PPN)198454287(EXLCZ)9911105648551524220180331d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSoviet society under perestroika /David Lane2nd ed.London ;New York :Routledge,1992.1 online resource (458 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-46592-5 0-415-07600-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Tables page; List of Figures; Preface; CHANGING CONCEPTIONS OF SOVIET SOCIETY; The Image of the Soviet Union: Benign; The Image of the Soviet Union: Malevolent; From Khrushchev to Gorbachev: The Changing Nature of Soviet Politics; Contradictions Under Socialism; Perestroika: Gorbachev's Reform Strategy; Instability and Political Control; KHOZRASCHET: MANAGING THE ECONOMY; The Soviet Planned Economy before Perestroika: An Overview; Repercussions of the Soviet System of Planned Economy; The Economy and Political Reform; The Effects of the ReformsConclusion: After the Coup of August 1991Appendix: Gorbachev's Ministries and State Committees (1991); DEMOKRATIZATSIYA: FROM PARTOCRACY TO PRESIDENCY; Representative Institutions: The Soviets; Reform of the Soviets Prior to the Coup; The Electoral Process; The Communist Party; The Presidency of the USSR; The Coup of August 1991 and its Repercussions; Summary of Changes; Readings: Eltsin's Election Platform (21 March 1989); CPSU Programme Statement, July 1990; PLYURALIZM: TOWARD CIVIL SOCIETY?; Soviet Collectivism and Dissent; Perestroika and Civil SocietyPerestroika and the Limits of Socialist PluralismContinuity, Change and Instability; Reading: Manifesto by Nina Andreeva, ~I Cannot Forego Principles~; Selected Bibliography for Part One; THE CHANGING SOCIAL STRUCTURE; Class Structure; The Traditional Soviet Conception of Classes: Consensus; The Evolution of Soviet Classes; Distributional and Relational Inequalities; The Rise of an Independent Workers' Movement; Conclusion: Perestroika and the Social Structure; NATIONALITIES AND ETHNIC RELATIONS; The National and Ethnic Complexion of the Population; The Administrative SettingComparative Levels of Development in the RepublicsNational Identity and Consciousness; Perestroika and the National Problem; From Glasnost' to Disintegration; Readings: Declarations of Sovereignty or Independence; The Charter of the Estonian People's Front (1988); Treaty on the Union of Sovereign States, July 1991; REPRODUCING SOCIETY: GENDER, FAMILY, AND GENERATIONS; Generations; Selected Bibliography for Part Two; FORMING THE SOVIET PERSON: EDUCATION, SOCIALIST RITUAL, AND TRADITION; Values and Norms; The Educational System; Ritual and Ceremony; GLASNOST': THE MASS MEDIAMedia and CommunicationThe Organization of the Soviet Media; Changes in the Media Under Perestroika; Conclusions; THE STATE OF WELFARE: PENSIONS AND THE AGED, HOUSING, AND HEALTH; Soviet Welfare Provision; Selected Bibliography for Part Three; PERESTROIKA: NEW BEGINNINGS; Becoming Modern; The Social Forces for and against Perestroika; Whither Perestroika?; Appendix: Constitution of the USSR, as Amended in December 1990; About the Author; IndexThis is an up-to-the-minute revised edition of a text which, since its publication in 1990, has been extremely influential. The great changes of the past 18 months have entailed a comprehensive updating of the book. This edition takes account of new developments that include the independence of the Baltic states and the treaty which sparked 1991's attempted coup.PerestroĭkaSoviet UnionPolitics and government1985-1991Soviet UnionSocial conditions1970-1991Perestroĭka.306/.0947320947.0854Lane David Stuart.128009MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814008203321Soviet society under perestroika4013540UNINA