An Introduction to Mind, Consciousness and Language [Paperback]

This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the relationship between the mind, consciousness and language. The book examines the key concepts from both philosophy and linguistics including the mind / body problem, analyses Skinner's behaviourist position, Chomsky's transformational grammar, Fodor's representational theory of meaning, and the basics of connectionism. Difficult concepts and terms are explained succinctly, in a jargon-free manner.

?This fascinating textbook is essential reading for students of cognitive linguistics, philosophy and psychology.

1. Body and Mind

2. Some Modern Attempts to Solve Descartes' Problem

3. A Behaviourist Theory of Language and Chomsky's Alternative View

4. Fodor and the Classical' Model of Mind

5. Some Basics of Connectionism

6. The Clash Between Classical and Connectionist Models of the Mind

7. Consciousness and its Problems

8. Some Other Prominent Views on Consciousness

9. Antonio Damasio

10. Language

Glossary of Technical Terms