Language Learning

In Reasoning, meaning, and mind. New York: Oxford University Press (1999)
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Discusses the relevance to philosophy of language of the fact that children can understand more than they can themselves say. Quine's thesis of the indeterminacy of radical translation is to be rejected, but considerations of translation do not argue against the incorporation view.

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original Harman, Gilbert (1970) "Language learning". Noûs 4(1):33-43

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