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To Be Or Not To Be: Examining The Role Of Language In A Concept Of Negation, Ann E. Nordmeyer, Jill De Villiers
To Be Or Not To Be: Examining The Role Of Language In A Concept Of Negation, Ann E. Nordmeyer, Jill De Villiers
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
Negation is a complex, abstract concept, despite the ubiquity of words like “no” and “not” in even young children’s speech. One challenging aspect to words like “no” and “not” is that these words can serve many functions in speech, giving us tools to express an array of concepts such as denial, refusal, and nonexistence. Is there a single concept of “negation” that unites these separate negative functions – and if so, does understanding this concept require the structure of human language? In this paper we present a study demonstrating that adults spontaneously identify a concept of negation in the absence …
Second Persons And The Constitution Of The First Person, Jay L. Garfield
Second Persons And The Constitution Of The First Person, Jay L. Garfield
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
Philosophers and Cognitive Scientists have become accustomed to distinguishing the first person perspective from the third person perspective on reality or experience. This is sometimes meant to mark the distinction between the “objective” or “intersubjective” attitude towards things and the “subjective” or “personal” attitude. Sometimes, it is meant to mark the distinction between knowledge and mere opinion. Sometimes it is meant to mark the distinction between an essentially private and privileged access to an inner world and a merely inferential or speculative access to that world. No doubt there are other uses as well. But I don't care about this …