Cognition by description
Vol 17, No 2 (2016) • Filosofia Unisinos - Unisinos Journal of Philosophy
Autor: John Bolender
Resumo:
One important aspect of the faculty of language, as understood in generative grammar, is its capacity to form operator-variable structures. Such structures are crucial for definite descriptions, as understood in the broadly Russellian tradition. The paper proposes a research program for exploring the relation between the uniquely human ability for “knowledge” (more properly, cognition) by description and the capacity of the language faculty to produce operator- variable structures.
ISSN: ISSN: 1984-8234
Texto Completo: http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/fsu.2016.172.07
Palavras-Chave: cognition by description,Merge,Internal Merg
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