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.
| Autorius: | Eran Asoulin |
| Serija: | Conceptual Foundations of Language Science 5 |
| Leidėjas: | Language Science Press |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2020 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 96 |
| ISBN-10: | 3961102643 |
| ISBN-13: | 9783961102648 |
| Formatas: | 246 x 175 x 12 mm. Knyga kietu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
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