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A collection of essays, which debate the questions of logical versus psychologically-based interpretations of language.

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" ... An excellent collection ... " Journal of Language & Social Psychology

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Introduction: Marco Santambrogio and Patrizia Violi

On the Circumstantial Relation between Meaning and Content: Jon Barwise

On Truth. A Fiction: Umberto Eco

Quantification, Roles and Domains: Gilles Fauconnier

Conceptual Semantics: Ray Jackendoff

How Is Meaning Mentally Represented?: Philip N. Johnson-Laird

Cognitive Semantics: George Lakoff

The Analysis of Nominal Compounds: Wendy G. Lehnert

Knowledge Representation in People and Machines: Roger Schank and Alex Kass

Identity in Intensional Logic: Subjective Semantics: Bas Van Fraassen

Reference and Its Role in Computational Models of Mental Representation: Yorick Wilks

Meaning and Mental Representations

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    Publisher: Indiana University Press
    Publication Date: 22/12/1988
    ISBN13: 9780253204967, 978-0253204967
    ISBN10: 0253204968
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    A collection of essays, which debate the questions of logical versus psychologically-based interpretations of language.

    Trade Review
    " ... An excellent collection ... " Journal of Language & Social Psychology

    Table of Contents

    Introduction: Marco Santambrogio and Patrizia Violi

    On the Circumstantial Relation between Meaning and Content: Jon Barwise

    On Truth. A Fiction: Umberto Eco

    Quantification, Roles and Domains: Gilles Fauconnier

    Conceptual Semantics: Ray Jackendoff

    How Is Meaning Mentally Represented?: Philip N. Johnson-Laird

    Cognitive Semantics: George Lakoff

    The Analysis of Nominal Compounds: Wendy G. Lehnert

    Knowledge Representation in People and Machines: Roger Schank and Alex Kass

    Identity in Intensional Logic: Subjective Semantics: Bas Van Fraassen

    Reference and Its Role in Computational Models of Mental Representation: Yorick Wilks

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