A Refutation of Positivism in Philosophy of Mind : Thinking, Reality, and Language

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A Refutation of Positivism in Philosophy of Mind\nby Pieter A.M. Seuren\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Pieter A.M. Seuren\nTitle: A Refutation of Positivism in Philosophy of Mind\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis\nPublication year: 2024\nEdition: 1\nISBN-13: 9781032493770\nISBN-10: 1032493771\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThis book argues that positivism, though now the dominant paradigm for both the natural and the human sciences, is intrinsically unfit for the latter. In particular, it is unfit for linguistics and cognitive science, where it is ultimately self-destructive, since it fails to account for causality, while the mind, the primary objec.