TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schierbaum,Sonja
TI  - Ockham's assumption of mental speech: thinking in a world of particulars 
T2  - Investigating medieval philosophy,
SN  - 9789004277625
AV  - B765.O34 S35 2014
U1  - 128/.2 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - William,
KW  - Philosophy of mind
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Semantics
KW  - Thought and thinking
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Basic Characteristics of Language: Signification and Supposition -- Ockham’s Semantic Model: Subordination, Correspondence, and the Role of Mental Speech with Respect to Spoken Language -- Ockham’s Model of Thought -- Why Ockham Is Not Fodor -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - In Ockham’s Assumption of Mental Speech: Thinking in a World of Particulars , Sonja Schierbaum advances a detailed philosophical reconstruction of William Ockham’s (1287-1349) conception of mental speech. Ockham’s conception provides a rich account of cognition and semantics that binds together various philosophical issues and forms a point of departure for many later and even contemporary debates. The book analyses the role of mental speech for the semantics and the use of linguistic expressions as well as its function within Ockham’s cognitive theory and epistemology. Carefully balancing Ockham’s position against contemporary appropriations in the light of Fodor’s LOTH, it allows us to understand better Ockham’s view on human thought and its relation to language
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004277625
ER  -