TY - BOOK AU - Jackendoff,Ray AU - Cohn,Neil AU - Griffith,Bill TI - A user's guide to thought and meaning SN - 9780191619663 AV - B105.M4 J33 2012eb U1 - 181.07181/.07 PY - 2012/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Meaning (Philosophy) KW - Thought and thinking KW - Signification (Philosophie) KW - Pensée KW - thinking KW - aat KW - PHILOSOPHY KW - Eastern KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Taal KW - gtt KW - Denken KW - Cognitie KW - Semantiek KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. 1. Language, words, and meaning -- pt. 2. Consciousness and perception -- pt. 3. Reference and truth -- pt. 4. Rationality and intuition N2 - A User's Guide to Thought and Meaning presents a profound and arresting integration of the faculties of the mind - of how we think, speak, and see the world. Ray Jackendoff starts out by looking at languages and what the meanings of words and sentences actually do. He shows that meanings are more adaptive and complicated than they're commonly given credit for, and he is led to some basic questions: How do we perceive and act in the world? How do we talk about it? And how can the collection of neurons in the brain give rise to conscious experience? As it turns out, the organization of language UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=414048 ER -