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The Hidden Algebra of the Mind From a Linguistic Perspective

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Speech Acts, Mind, and Social Reality

Part of the book series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy ((SLAP,volume 79))

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[We inevitably turn to a mathematical representation of biology “once the concept of body/matter is abandoned as it must be, when the force of Newton’s conclusions is finally recognized.” In the past it turns out consistently “that the assumptions made about the ‘material base’ were wrong.”] Noam Chomsky, letter September 1999

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  • Chierchia, G. “Questions with Quantifiers.” Natural Language Semantics (1993): 181–243. Searle, J. The Rediscovery of Mind. MIT Press Bradford Books, 1994.

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Roeper, T. (2002). The Hidden Algebra of the Mind From a Linguistic Perspective. In: Grewendorf, G., Meggle, G. (eds) Speech Acts, Mind, and Social Reality. Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, vol 79. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0589-0_14

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