Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories

New Foundations for Realism

Ruth Garrett Millikan, Daniel C. Dennett

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MIT Press
16 December 1987

Psycholinguistics; Philosophy of mind; Cognition & cognitive psychology

Series: The MIT Press

Beginning with a general theory of function applied to body organs, behaviors, customs, and both inner and outer representations, Ruth Millikan argues that the intentionality of language can be described without reference to speaker intentions and that an understanding of the intentionality of thought can and should be divorced from the problem of understanding consciousness. The results support a realist theory of truth and of universals, and open the way for a nonfoundationalist and nonholistic approach to epistemology.

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By: Ruth Garrett Millikan
Preface by: Daniel C. Dennett
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 226mm, Width: 147mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9780262631150
ISBN 10: 0262631156
Series: The MIT Press
Pages: 367
Publication Date: 16 December 1987
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Inactive

Ruth Garrett Millikan is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories (MIT Press, 1984) and White Queen Psychology and Other Essays for Alice (MIT Press, 1995) and On Clear and Confused Ideas.

Reviews for Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories: New Foundations for Realism

Ruth Millikan presents a remarkably original and ambitious theory concerning the topics that have been at the center of philosophical attention in recent years.... Along the way answers are given to just about all the persistent puzzle questions about meaning, intentionality and representation that currently preoccupy the field. - Daniel C. Dennett, Tufts University