Thinking Out Loud : an Essay on the Relation between Thought and Language.

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Author / Creator:	Gauker, Christopher.
Imprint:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (338 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library Princeton legacy library.
Subject:	Language and languages -- Philosophy. Thought and thinking. Psycholinguistics. Language and languages -- Philosophy. Psycholinguistics. Thought and thinking. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11275341

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ISBN:	9781400863952 1400863953
Notes:	Cover. Print version record.
Summary:	Most contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and linguists think of language as basically a means by which speakers reveal their thoughts to others. Christopher Gauker calls this ""the Lockean theory of language, "" since Locke was one of its early exponents, and he contends that it is fundamentally mistaken. The Lockean theory, he argues, cannot adequately explain the nature of the general concepts that words are supposed to express. In developing this theme, Gauker investigates a wide range of topics, including Locke's own views, contemporary theories of conceptual development, the natur.
Other form:	Print version: Gauker, Christopher. Thinking Out Loud : An Essay on the Relation between Thought and Language. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014

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