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Do we think in natural language? Or is language only for communication? Much recent work in philosophy and cognitive science assumes the latter. In contrast, Peter Carruthers argues that much of human conscious thinking is conducted in the medium of natural language sentences. However, this does not commit him to any sort of Whorfian linguistic relativism, and the view is developed within a framework that is broadly nativist and modularist. His study will be essential reading for all those interested in the nature and significance of natural language, whether they come from philosophy, psychology or linguistics.
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Language, Thought and Consciousness : An Essay in Philosophical Psychology
author
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Carruthers, Peter.
publisher
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Cambridge University Press
isbn10 | asin
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print isbn13
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9780521639996
ebook isbn13
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9780511002076
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English
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Psycholinguistics, Thought and thinking, Philosophy and cognitive science.
publication date
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1996
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BF455.C275 1996eb
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128/.2
subject
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Psycholinguistics, Thought and thinking, Philosophy and cognitive science.
Language, Thought and Consciousness
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To what extent, if at all, is language involved in thinking? Do we think in natural language? Or is language simply an input and output module for central cognition? Peter Carruthers here makes a fresh and provocative contribution to an ancient debate, and claims, in contrast to much recent work in philosophy and cognitive science, that the independence of thought from language is by no means clear-cut. He argues against the communicative conception of language put forward by thinkers such as Fodor and Pinker, and espouses the cognitive conception of language proposed by, for example, Wittgenstein and Dennett; but he refuses to take on board the Whorfian linguistic relativism so often seen as a natural corollary of this position. Instead he argues persuasively for the view that the cognitive conception of language can be deployed in combination with a modularist and nativist view of language and mind. The book defends a new theory of consciousness which is put to work in the final chapter to argue for the necessary involvement of natural language in human conscious thinking.
Language, thought and consciousness will be essential reading for all those interested in the nature and significance of natural language, whether they come from philosophy, psychology, or linguistics.
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Language, Thought and Consciousness
An Essay in Philosophical Psychology
Peter Carruthers
Professor of Philosophy and Director, Hang Seng Centre for Cognitive Studies, University of Sheffield
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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress cataloguing in publication data Carruthers, Peter, 1952 Language, thought and consciousness: an essay in philosophical psychology / Peter Carruthers. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0 521 48158 9 1. Psycholinguistics. 2. Thought and thinking. 3. Philosophy and cognitive science. 1. Title. BF455.c275 1996 128'.2dc20 95-22782 CIP
ISBN 0 521 48158 9 hardback ISBN 0 521 63999 9 paperback
eISBN 0 511 00207 6 virtual (netLibrary Edition)
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