Mental files in flux / François Récanati.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Récanati, François, 1952- author.

Contributor:

Aristotelian Society (Great Britain), associated with work.

Series:

Lines of thought.

Lines of thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thought and thinking.

Reference (Philosophy).

Reference (Linguistics).

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Philosophy of mind.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 177 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

François Récanati has pioneered the 'mental file' framework for thinking about concepts and how we refer to the world in thought and language. He now explores what happens to mental files in a dynamic setting: Recanati argues that communication involves interpersonal dynamic files.

Contents:

Cover; MENTAL FILES IN FLUX; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part I: Coreference De Jure and the Flow of Information; 1: Coreference De Jure in the Mental File Framework; 1.1 The Phenomenon; 1.2 Recurrence; 1.3 Mental Files; 2: Factivity, Transparency, and Weak Coreference De Jure; 2.1 Factivity; 2.2 'Subjective' and 'Objective' Aspects of Coreference De Jure; 2.3 Weakening the Base Relation; 2.4 Weak Coreference De Jure; 2.5 Type-4 Cases; 3: Transitivity and Strong Coreference De Jure; 3.1 Alleged Counterexamples to Transitivity; 3.2 Oblique Reference; 3.3 Confusion: The Diachronic Dimension.

3.4 Fixing the Point of View: Strong CDJ Restored; 4: Coreference De Jure and Sentence Grammar; 4.1 Referential Dependency: Evans; 4.2 Coreference De Jure Without Grammatical Constraints; 4.3 Grammatical Dependency vs 'Accidental Coreference'; 4.4 Syntax, Pragmatics, and 'Logical Form'; 5: Cognitive Dynamics; 5.1 The Problem; 5.2 Allegedly Diachronic Inferences; 5.3 Dynamic Files; 5.4 Rational Relationships and Proper Dynamic Files; 5.5 Failsafe Updating; Part II: Interpersonal Coordination of Mental Files; 6: Indexical Thought; 6.1 Mental Indexicality; 6.2 Thought Vehicles.

6.3 Two Kinds of Content; 7: Communication Across Contexts; 7.1 Limited Accessibility: The Communication Problem; 7.2 Indexical Communication inthe Mental File Framework; 7.3 Conclusion; 8: Dynamic Files in Communication; 8.1 Interpersonal Dynamic Files; 8.2 Interpersonal Recurrence: Sharing a Language; 8.3 Distributed Files; 8.4 Reference and Denotation; Appendix to Part II: Communication with Centred Contents: A Survey; A.1 The Lewisian Dilemma: Egan; A.2 Decentring: Moss; A.3 Decentring: Stalnaker; A.4 Centred Surrogates: Kölbel and Torre; A.5 Recentring and Mental Files: Gibbard.

A.6 Weber's Recentring Model; A. 7 The Metarepresentational Stance; References; Index.

Notes:

Published in association with the Aristotelian Society.

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 10, 2016).

ISBN:

0-19-183702-4