Mentalese

F. Egan

doi:10.1016/B0-08-044854-2/01193-7

Mentalese

F. Egan

School of Arts and Sciences, Philosophy

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Some theorists of mind have supposed that thought has a language-like structure. They have called this language 'Mentalese.' Arguments for the existence of mentalese are examined, and various proposals concerning its fundamental properties, including whether it consists of a proprietary inner code, are considered.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics
Publisher	Elsevier Ltd
Pages	9-12
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9780080448541
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B0-08-044854-2/01193-7
State	Published - 2006

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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Keywords

Concept learning
Connectionism
Language of thought hypothesis
Mental logic
Mentalese
Nativism
Programming productivity
Propositional attitudes
Psychosemantics psychosyntax systematics

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