Wandering significance : an essay on conceptual behavior /

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Author / Creator:Wilson, Mark.
Imprint:Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Description:xx, 670 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5875589
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ISBN:0199269254 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Summary:Mark Wilson presents a highly original and broad-ranging investigation of the way we get to grips with the world conceptually, and the way that philosophical problems commonly arise from this. He combines traditional philosophical concerns about human conceptual thinking with illuminating data derived from a large variety of fields including physics and applied mathematics, cognitive psychology, and linguistics. Wandering Significance offers abundant new insights and perspectives for philosophers of language, mind, and science, and will also reward the interest of psychologists, linguists, and anyone curious about the mysterious ways in which useful language obtains its practical applicability.
Physical Description:xx, 670 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:0199269254