Language: A Biological Model

by Ruth Garrett Millikan

Book Overview

Ruth Millikan is well known for having developed a strikingly original way for philosophers to seek understanding of mind and language, which she sees as biological phenomena. She now draws together a series of groundbreaking essays which set out her approach to language. Guiding the work of most linguists and philosophers of language today is the assumption that language is governed by prescriptive normative rules. Millikan offers a fundamentally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199284768
• ISBN13: 9780199284764
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"