Meaning, Creativity, and the Partial Inscrutability of the Human Mind
Centre for the Study of Language & Information
Meaning, Creativity, and the Partial Inscrutability of the Human MindAuthor(s): Julius M. Moravcsik\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Centre for the Study of Language & Information, United States\nImprint: Centre for the Study of Language & Information\nISBN-13: 9781575864808, 978-1575864808\nSynopsis\nThis book criticizes current philosophy of language as having altered its focus without adjusting the needed conceptual tools. It develops a new theory of lexical meaning and a new conception of cognitionhumans not as information-processing creatures but as primarily explanation and understanding-seeking creatureswith information processing as a secondary, derivative activity. Drawing on these theories of lexical meaning and cognition, Julius M. Moravcsik argues that the ability of humans to fully comprehend human understanding will always be partial. In this second edition, Moravcsik posits a new theory that emphasizes implicitness and context in communication. In this theory, la.
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