{"product_id":"talking-about-an-intentionalist-theory-of-reference","title":"Talking About An Intentionalist Theory of Reference","description":"\u003cp\u003eCombining new insights from cognitive science and speech act theory, Unnsteinsson develops a compelling theory of singular reference which avoids well-known puzzles and objections. The theory, called Edenic intentionalism, is grounded in a mechanistic perspective on explanation in cognitive science and a new Gricean account of speaker meaning and speaker reference.  Talking About: An Intentionalist Theory of Reference  develops an account of the mental\n\u003cbr\u003estate of identity confusion and separates questions about the nature of representational acts and representational states. Unnsteinsson proposes a division of labour, but Edenic intentionalism is strictly a theory\n\u003cbr\u003eof intentional, mind-directed representational acts, taking speech acts as its paradigm case.  Talking About: An Intentionalist Theory of Reference  argues that mental mechanisms ought to be postulated to explain human cognitive capacities. Pragmatic competence is the capacity to successfully produce utterances with a communicative intention. By examining the characteristic function and malfunction of the mechanism for referential competence, the study shows that\n\u003cbr\u003econfused reference should be understood as a type of malfunction. This is the core thesis of Edenic intentionalism: that the identity confusion disrupts the normal function of the speech act of reference.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44156482191598,"sku":"9780192865137","price":153.61,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780192865137.jpg?v=1706253069","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/talking-about-an-intentionalist-theory-of-reference","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}