The Puzzle of Names in Ockham's Theory of Mental Language

William of Ockham combines two strong claims about mental language in his writings on semantics and logic: 1) that mental terms are naturally prior to the signification of conventional signs and are thus determinative of the signs; and 2) that mental language contains neither synonymous nor equivoca...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Review of metaphysics 1996-09, Vol.50 (1), p.79-99
1. Verfasser: Brown, Deborah J.
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Zusammenfassung:William of Ockham combines two strong claims about mental language in his writings on semantics and logic: 1) that mental terms are naturally prior to the signification of conventional signs and are thus determinative of the signs; and 2) that mental language contains neither synonymous nor equivocal terms. Brown examines the puzzles raised by Ockham's ideas.
ISSN:0034-6632
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