{"product_id":"mental-files-in-flux-paperback","title":"Mental Files in Flux - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrançois Recanati\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrançois Recanati has pioneered the 'mental file' framework for thinking about concepts and how we refer to the world in thought and language. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMental files are based on 'epistemically rewarding' relations to objects in the environment. Standing in such relations to objects puts the subject in a position to gain information regarding them. The information thus gained goes into the file based on the relevant relation. Files do not merely store information about objects, however, they refer to them and serve as singular terms in the language of thought, with a relational (nondescriptivist) semantics. In this framework, the reference of linguistic expressions is inherited from that of the files we associate with them. Crucially, files also play the role of 'modes of presentation'. They are used to account for cognitive significance phenomena illustrated by so-called 'Frege cases'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this new volume, Recanati considers what happens to mental files in a dynamic setting. Mental files are construed as both continuants (dynamic files) and as time-slices thereof (static files). Dynamic files are needed to account for confusion, recognition and tracking. \u003cem\u003eMental Files in Flux\u003c\/em\u003e considers what happens to the relation of coreference \u003cem\u003ede jure\u003c\/em\u003e, central to the functional characterization of files, when one adopts a dynamic perspective. Only a weak form of coreference \u003cem\u003ede jure\u003c\/em\u003e is said to hold between stages of the same dynamic file. The second part of the book argues that communication involves interpersonal dynamic files. Special attention is paid to the communication of indexical thoughts (de se contents) and communication using proper names.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrançois Recanati \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrancois Recanati\u003c\/em\u003e is a philosopher of language and mind based in Paris. His published works include \u003cem\u003eMeaning and Force\u003c\/em\u003e (CUP 1988), \u003cem\u003eDirect Reference: From Language to Thought\u003c\/em\u003e (Blackwell 1993), \u003cem\u003eOratio Obliqua, Oratio Recta\u003c\/em\u003e (MIT Press\/Bradford Books 2000), \u003cem\u003eLiteral Meaning\u003c\/em\u003e (CUP 2004), \u003cem\u003ePerspectival Thought\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2007), \u003cem\u003eTruth-Conditional Pragmatics\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2010) and \u003cem\u003eMental Files\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2012). He is a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary doctor of Stockholm University, and a recipient of the CNRS silver medal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753964568864,"sku":"9780198790365","price":30.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b3a6adf61373931ae6cdedac683822cf.webp?v=1780030431","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mental-files-in-flux-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}