The Single-Minded Animal: Shared Intentionality, Normativity, and the Foundations of Discursive Cognition

Krishnaswamy, R. (2022) The Single-Minded Animal: Shared Intentionality, Normativity, and the Foundations of Discursive Cognition. [Book Reviews] (In Press)

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Abstract

Preston Stovall's book is rich in details and covers in broad strokes some very important themes within philosophy of language and intentionality. I will in this review discuss what I think are three main theses that Stovall wishes to establish and one methodological premise that Stovall adopts to go about his business. The methodological premise that is at the heart of Stovall's project is what he calls psychological nominalism. Psychological nominalism is the Sellarsian idea that our awareness of things or facts (or any epistemic stance for that matter) is a linguistic affair. In other words, to explain how humans are rational and norm-governed beings, Stovall says that we need to construct a model where discursive cognition of humans is understood in terms of language-use.

Item Type: Book Reviews
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
JGU School/Centre: Jindal School of Liberal Arts & Humanities
Depositing User: Amees Mohammad
Date Deposited: 18 Aug 2022 04:27
Last Modified: 18 Aug 2022 04:27
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqac049
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/4240

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