Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. The geography of the issues; 2. Which language do we think with? 3. Thought-based semantics; 4. Holism and language; 5. First steps towards a theory of consciousness; 6. Second (-order) steps towards a theory of consciousness; 7. A reflexive thinking theory of consciousness; 8. The involvement of language in conscious thinking; Conclusion; References; Index.

Promotional Information

Peter Carruthers argues that much of human conscious thinking is conducted in the medium of natural language sentences.

Reviews

' ... a book crammed with penetrating observations and good arguments. Few readers will fail to learn something from it, and none will be disappointed.' Times Literary Supplement