Brain and the Lexicon (eBook)

The Neural Basis of Inferential and Referential Competence

Fabrizio Calzavarini (Autor)

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2020 | 1st ed. 2019
IX, 215 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-27588-4 (ISBN)

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This monograph offers a novel, neurocognitive theory concerning words and language. It explores the distinction between inferential and referential semantic competence. The former accounts for the relationship of words among themselves, the latter for the relationship of words to the world. The author discusses this distinction at the level of the human brain on both theoretical and neuroscientific grounds. In addition, this investigation considers the relation between the inf/ref neurocognitive theory and other accounts of semantic cognition proposed in the field of neurosemantics, as well as some potential implications of the theory for clinical neuroscience and the philosophy of semantics. Overall, the book offers an important contribution to the debate about lexical semantic competence. It combines a strong philosophical and linguistic background with a comprehensive and critical analysis of neurosemantic literature. Topics discussed lie at the intersection of philosophical semantics, linguistics, neurolinguistics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, cognitive neuroscience, and clinical psychology. Due to its interdisciplinary orientation, coverage is rich in introductory remarks and not overly technical, therefore it is accessible to non-experts as well.

Fabrizio Calzavarini is a Post doc Researcher at University of Bergamo, Italy, and is affiliated at with the Center for Logic, Language, and Cognition, Turin, Italy. His research is organized into two interrelated streams. One stream falls at the intersection between the philosophy and neuroscience of semantics, focusing on the neural substrates of lexical competence. The other stream addresses philosophical issues in neuroscience more generally. He is the co-organizer of Neural Mechanisms Online, a series of webinars and web-conferences in the philosophy of neuroscience.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.1.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Brain and Mind
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Brain and Mind
• Zusatzinfo: IX, 215 p. 32 illus., 20 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Schlagworte: Anterior temporal lob • Artificial object recognition • Inferential competence • Inferential semantics • Lexical meaning • Lexical semantic competence • Meaning postulates • Neural substrates of inferential competence • Neural substrates of naming to definition • Neural substrates of referential competence • Neural substrates of Visual naming • Neuroscience of semantics • Posterior Middle Temporal gyrus • Reference in the brain • Referential competence • Referential semantics • Semantic competence • Semantics in the Brain • Truth-conditional Semantics
• ISBN-10: 3-030-27588-4 / 3030275884
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-27588-4 / 9783030275884