Collected Papers, Volume 1: Mind and Language, 1972–2010
Stephen Stich
Abstract
This volume collects work published in the last forty years on topics in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of language. The chapters here discuss a wide range of topics including grammar, innateness, reference, folk psychology, eliminativism, connectionism, evolutionary psychology, simulation theory, social construction, and psychopathology. However, they are unified by two central concerns. The first is the viability of the commonsense conception of the mind in the face of challenges posed by both philosophical arguments and empirical findings. The second is the philosophical implicat ... More
This volume collects work published in the last forty years on topics in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of language. The chapters here discuss a wide range of topics including grammar, innateness, reference, folk psychology, eliminativism, connectionism, evolutionary psychology, simulation theory, social construction, and psychopathology. However, they are unified by two central concerns. The first is the viability of the commonsense conception of the mind in the face of challenges posed by both philosophical arguments and empirical findings. The second is the philosophical implications of research in the cognitive sciences which, in the last half century, has transformed both our understanding of the mind and the ways in which the mind is studied. The volume includes a new introductory chapter that elaborates on these themes and offers an overview of the chapters that follow.
Keywords:
philosophy of mind,
philosophy of language,
grammar,
innateness,
folk psychology,
eliminativism,
connectionism,
evolutionary psychology,
psychopathology
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2011 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199734108 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2015 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199734108.001.0001 |
