Barber, Alex
(2007).
Linguistic structure and the brain.
Croatian Journal of Philosophy, 3(21),
pp. 317–341.
Abstract
A popular interpretation of linguistic theories has it that they should describe the brain at a high level of abstraction. One way this has been understood is as the requirement that the theory’s derivational structure reflect (by being isomorphic to) relevant structural properties of the language user’s brain. An important criticism of this idea, made originally by Crispin Wright against Gareth Evans in the 1980s, still has purchase, notwithstanding attempts to reply to it, notably by Martin Davies and, indirectly, Christopher Peacocke. Wright’s objection seems to have been forgotten rather than seen off.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| ISSN: |
1333-1108 |
| Keywords: |
tacit knowledge, linguistic structure, semantic structure, philosophy of linguistics |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > Philosophy |
| Item ID: |
10310 |
| Depositing User: |
Alexander Barber
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| Date Deposited: |
21 Jan 2008 |
| Last Modified: |
02 Dec 2010 20:06 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/10310 |
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