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- catalog abstract ""How can one think about a thing, think something false about it, and still be thinking about that thing at all? If a concept is applied to something outside its meaning, how are we to say it does not mean that thing as well? This makes up one of the central issues in contemporary philosophy of mind: The problem of misrepresentation. This book criticizes the way all contemporary theories of mental representation seek to account for misrepresentation, and concludes that it cannot be explained naturalistically. It specifically evaluates and criticizes the theories of mental content proposed by Fodor, Dretske, Millikan, Block, Harman, and others, as well as examining verificationist approaches to meaning of Quine, Davidson, and Stich." "Yet this book goes much further than mere criticism - Perlman formulates a naturalistic theory of representation that reluctantly accepts the unfortunate conclusion that there is no misrepresentation (which, he argues, is an unavoidable consequence of the rejection of the analytic/synthetic distinction)." "This book is one of the most thorough examinations of mental representation and meaning holism in the literature. It should be of interest to everyone interested in the mind and how ideas can have meaning. It crosses boundaries from philosophy into psychology, linguistics, and AI, and cognitive science."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11674746.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""How can one think about a thing, think something false about it, and still be thinking about that thing at all? If a concept is applied to something outside its meaning, how are we to say it does not mean that thing as well? This makes up one of the central issues in contemporary philosophy of mind: The problem of misrepresentation. This book criticizes the way all contemporary theories of mental representation seek to account for misrepresentation, and concludes that it cannot be explained naturalistically. It specifically evaluates and criticizes the theories of mental content proposed by Fodor, Dretske, Millikan, Block, Harman, and others, as well as examining verificationist approaches to meaning of Quine, Davidson, and Stich." "Yet this book goes much further than mere criticism - Perlman formulates a naturalistic theory of representation that reluctantly accepts the unfortunate conclusion that there is no misrepresentation (which, he argues, is an unavoidable consequence of the rejection of the analytic/synthetic distinction)." "This book is one of the most thorough examinations of mental representation and meaning holism in the literature. It should be of interest to everyone interested in the mind and how ideas can have meaning. It crosses boundaries from philosophy into psychology, linguistics, and AI, and cognitive science."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Groundwork and Overview of the Project -- Ch. 2. Verificationism and Failure to Allow for Error and Misrepresentation -- Ch. 3. Cognitive Science and the Failure to Allow for Error and Misrepresentation -- Ch. 4. Content Without Misrepresentation: A Pragmatic Theory -- Ch. 5. Objections and Replies -- Ch. 6. Analyticity, Compositionality, and Meaning Holism -- Ch. 7. Varieties of Meaning Holism -- Ch. 8. Implications of Strict Conceptual Role Theory -- Ch. 9. Methodological Objections, Nihilism, and (Re)appraisal.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-420) and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 435 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0792362152 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in cognitive systems ; v. 24".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers,".
- catalog subject "121/.68 21".
- catalog subject "B840 .P44 2000".
- catalog subject "Meaning (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "Representation (Philosophy)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Groundwork and Overview of the Project -- Ch. 2. Verificationism and Failure to Allow for Error and Misrepresentation -- Ch. 3. Cognitive Science and the Failure to Allow for Error and Misrepresentation -- Ch. 4. Content Without Misrepresentation: A Pragmatic Theory -- Ch. 5. Objections and Replies -- Ch. 6. Analyticity, Compositionality, and Meaning Holism -- Ch. 7. Varieties of Meaning Holism -- Ch. 8. Implications of Strict Conceptual Role Theory -- Ch. 9. Methodological Objections, Nihilism, and (Re)appraisal.".
- catalog title "Conceptual flux : mental representation, misrepresentation, and concept change / by Mark Perlman.".
- catalog type "text".