Thought and language / edited by John Preston.

Other author Preston, John, 1957-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Descriptionvi, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesRoyal Institute of Philosophy supplement ; 42
Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement ; 42. ^A475447
Contents Introduction : thought as language / John Preston -- Seeing through language / Donald Davidson -- "The only sure sign ..." : thought and language in Descartes / John Cottingham -- Words and pictures / John Hyman -- Social externalism and conceptual diversity / Andrew Woodfield -- Explanation of cognition / John P. Searle -- Thought without language : thought without awareness? / L. Wieskrantz -- Philosophy, thought and language / Hans-Johann Glock -- Flowering of thought in language / W.V. Quine -- Talking to cats, rats and bats / K.V. Wilkes -- Analyticity, linguistic rules and epistemic evaluation / Christopher Hookway -- How to do other things with words / Daniel C. Dennett.
General notePapers presented to the annual conference of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, University of Reading, Sept. 1996.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 97042270
ISBN0521587417 (pbk.)