Language and scientific explanation
This book discusses the two main construals of the explanatory goals of semantic theories. The first, externalist conception, understands semantic theories in terms of a hermeneutic and interpretive explanatory project. The second, internalist conception, understands semantic theories in terms of th...
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| author | Asoulin, Eran |
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| description | This book discusses the two main construals of the explanatory goals of semantic theories. The first, externalist conception, understands semantic theories in terms of a hermeneutic and interpretive explanatory project. The second, internalist conception, understands semantic theories in terms of the psychological mechanisms in virtue of which meanings are generated. It is argued that a fruitful scientific explanation is one that aims to uncover the underlying mechanisms in virtue of which the observable phenomena are made possible, and that a scientific semantics should be doing just that. If this is the case, then a scientific semantics is unlikely to be externalist, for reasons having to do with the subject matter and form of externalist theories. It is argued that semantics construed hermeneutically is nevertheless a valuable explanatory project. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-638232025-07-30T22:00:59Z Language and scientific explanation Asoulin, Eran Language Arts & Disciplines Linguistics Biography & Autobiography thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNB Biography: general This book discusses the two main construals of the explanatory goals of semantic theories. The first, externalist conception, understands semantic theories in terms of a hermeneutic and interpretive explanatory project. The second, internalist conception, understands semantic theories in terms of the psychological mechanisms in virtue of which meanings are generated. It is argued that a fruitful scientific explanation is one that aims to uncover the underlying mechanisms in virtue of which the observable phenomena are made possible, and that a scientific semantics should be doing just that. If this is the case, then a scientific semantics is unlikely to be externalist, for reasons having to do with the subject matter and form of externalist theories. It is argued that semantics construed hermeneutically is nevertheless a valuable explanatory project. 2021-02-25T03:01:26Z 2021-02-25T03:01:26Z 2021-02-24T04:31:07Z 2020 book OCN: 1249169572 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46933 9783961102631 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/63823 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46933/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46933/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46933/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46933/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46933/1/external_content.pdf Language Science Press Language Science Press https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3894134 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3894134 ed03121b-b998-4b50-8d58-1d0745565558 9783961102631 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Language Science Press 2018-2020 Language Science Press open access |
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