Ruth Garrett Millikan Books
Varieties of Meaning: The 2002 Jean Nicod Lectures
"What does meaning in the sense of purpose (when something is said to be meant for something) have to do with meaning in the sense of representing or signifying? Millikan argues that explicit human...
Read MoreLanguage, Thought, and Other Biological Categories
Beginning with a general theory of function applied to body organs, behaviors, customs, and both inner and outer representations, Ruth Millikan argues that the intentionality of language can be des...
Read MoreVarieties of Meaning
Many different things are said to have meaning: people mean to do various things; tools and other artifacts are meant for various things; people mean various things by using words and sentences; na...
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