Is Thought without Language Possible?

Autor: Diana I. Pérez
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />French<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology, Vol 09, Iss 1-2, Pp 177-191 (2005)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1414-4247
1808-1711
Popis: In this paper,1 I discuss Davidson’s ideas about the relationship between mind and language. First, I consider his arguments for the claim that there cannot be thought without language, and I examine the assump-tions the arguments presuppose. In the second place, I consider the idea of “thought” Davidson adopts, and its essentially normative and holistic character. Third, I try to show the adequacy of this conception of thought in order to deal with epistemological problems, and the inade-quacy of this notion in solving the problem of the “emergence” of thought. Finally, I sketch an alternative account of such an “emer-gence,” looking for continuities between pre-linguistic and linguistic thoughts.
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