The Science of Language (51 page)

Quine, W. V. O.
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68
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89
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153
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215
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273
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288

rationalism
5
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178
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181
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260
,
283

rationality
114
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140
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142
,
178
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180
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181
,
265

scientific
105
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123

Rawls, John
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realism
209
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211

reality, psychological
73

recursion
51
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62
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64
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77
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167
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176
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179
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204
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267

See also
Merge

reference
28
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29
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34
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160
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215
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220
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250

Chomsky's views
188
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253
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268
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269–270
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273

and concepts
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219

and truth
191
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207
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230
,
251

Reinhart, Tanya
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relation R
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relativism
121

religious fanaticism
123

representation
31–32
,
160
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162
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187
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257
,
259

discourse representation theory
207

internal
32

phonetic
32

Republican Party
119
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140

responsibility to protect
287

Rey, Georges
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273

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
142

Russell, Bertrand
65
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134

Salazar-Ciudad, J.
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Schlegel, A.W.
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science
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38
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75
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124–128
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165
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183
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211
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290

achievements of
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183
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184

best explanation in
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capacity to do
19
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72
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90
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128
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133
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134
,
246

Chomsky's views on
183–185

cognitive faculties
127

concepts in
184

concepts of
279

data-orientated character of
65–68

evidence for theories of
66

experimental method
147

formal functions in
166–169

formal theories in
18–19
,
289

goal of
88
,
183

‘great leap forward'
72

history of
108

innovation in
74

limits of
105
,
106

Machian tradition in
65

methodology of
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of the mind
280

problems in
65–68

rationality in
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,
123

regulative ideal of
90

and simplicity
88
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246
,
285

social implications of
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syntax of
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theories in
73
,
167

and truth
184

second factor considerations
148
,
277

Sellars, Wilfrid
153
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179
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220
,
284

behaviorism
180
,
222
,
284

concepts
279
,
284

linguistic practices
223
,
224
,
239

meaning
220

mind
186
,
283

semantic features
164
,
211
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228
,
253

lexical
193

science of
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semantic information
29
,
189

semantic interface (SEM)
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189
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191
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194
,
255
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258
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259
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270
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272
,
278

features at
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257

information provided at
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161
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260
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270
,
285

production of concepts at
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status and role of the information provided at
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and syntax
40
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79

semantics
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36
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160
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193
,
206–229
,
250–254
,
287

Chomsky's views on
206

definition of
250

dynamic
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externalist
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212
,
215
,
220–231

Fregean
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functionist theory
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internalist
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212
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227
,
270

mathematical
251
,
252

mental models
207

science of
210

as the study of signs
251

and syntax
207

theoretical aim of
208

senses
187
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215
,
251

sensory experience
255–257

adverbial account of
256
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260

configuration by the mind
258

sensory-motor systems
14
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42
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48
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51
,
78
,
203

adaptations of
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and parameters
54

ship of Theseus
125
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271
,
288

simple recurrent networks, Elman
283

simplicity
59–64
,
86
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89
,
243–246
,
265
,
281

in Chomsky's work
80–85

different notions of
87

internal
80
,
82
,
285

internal notion of
87

in the language faculty
61

theoretical
80

Skinner, B. F.
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76
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158
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173
,
285

slavery
118
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119
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143
,
144

slime molds
175

Smith, Adam
106

social sciences
100
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138
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144
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145
,
146

sociobiology
103–107

Spelke, Elizabeth
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100
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109
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177
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268

Spell Out
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stereotypes
194

storytelling
27
,
128

superior temporal gyrus (STG)
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,
78

Suppes, Patrick
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syntax
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54
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112
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195
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250–254
,
261
,
288

definition of
250

generative
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mapping to the semantic interface
40

and morphology
200

narrow
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,
240
,
269

and reference
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and semantics
207

study of
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