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Behavioral Foundations for Expression Meaning.

According to a well-established tradition in the philosophy of language, we can understand what makes an arbitrary sound, gesture, or marking into a meaningful linguistic expression only by appealing to mental states, such as beliefs and intentions. In this paper, I explore the contrasting possibili...

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Published in:Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 27 - 43
Main Author: Stotts, Megan Henricks
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Feb2021
Subjects:
Tradition (Philosophy)
Philosophy of language
Pointing (Gesture)
Behavior
Possibility
Gesture
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