Language, Mind, and Brain

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface and Orientation xi
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiii
• For the Sloan Foundation xv
• Neoconstructivism: A Unifying Theme for the Cognitive Sciences 1
• REFERENCES 10
• 1: Logic, Reasoning, and Logical Form 13
• REFERENCES 18
• 2: Variable-Free Semantics with Remarks on Procedural Extensions 21
• REFERENCES 33
• 3: Speaking of Imagination 35
• REFERENCE 43
• 4: Artificial Intelligence and Semantic Theory 45
• REFERENCES 63
• 5: Intensional Logic and Natural Language 65

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface and Orientation xi
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiii
• For the Sloan Foundation xv
• Neoconstructivism: A Unifying Theme for the Cognitive Sciences 1
• REFERENCES 10
• 1: Logic, Reasoning, and Logical Form 13
• REFERENCES 18
• 2: Variable-Free Semantics with Remarks on Procedural Extensions 21
• REFERENCES 33
• 3: Speaking of Imagination 35
• REFERENCE 43
• 4: Artificial Intelligence and Semantic Theory 45
• REFERENCES 63
• 5: Intensional Logic and Natural Language 65
• INTRODUCTION 65
• REFERENCES 73
• 6: How Far can you Trust a Linguist? 75
• REFERENCES 86
• 7: Propositional and Algorithmic Semantics 89
• REFERENCES 101
• 8: Inference in the Conceptual Dependency Paradigm: A Personal History 103
• INTRODUCTION 103
• 9: Implications of Language Studies for Human Nature 129
• INTRODUCTION 129
• CONCLUSION 141
• REFERENCES 142
• 10: Experiential Factors in Linguistics 145
• REFERENCES 155
• 11: Grammar and Sequencing in Language 157
• REFERENCES 176
• 12: Psycholinguistic Experiment and Linguistic Intuition 179
• REFERENCES 187
• 13: Metaphor and Mental Duality 189
• REFERENCES 209
• 14: Computations and Representations 213
• INTRODUCTION 213
• EPILOGUE 221
• REFERENCES 222
• 15: The Cognitive Sciences: A Semiotic Paradigm 225
• INTRODUCTION 225
• SUMMARY 239
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 239
• REFERENCES 239
• 16: Animal Communication as Evidence of Thinking 241
• REFERENCES 249
• 17: Philosophy of Science and Recent Research on Language, Mind, and Brain 251
• Author Index 255
• Subject Index 261