Mental States: Volume 1: Evolution, function, nature (Studies in Language Companion Series)

Mental States. Volume 1: Evolution, function, nature......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
List of contributors......Page 10
1. Mental states......Page 14
1 Introduction......Page 24
2 Lithic design space......Page 25
3 Lithic design space and cognition......Page 32
4 Lithic design space and the standard story of stone technology......Page 34
5 The stone toolkit of Homo floresiensis......Page 35
6 Cognition in Homo floresiensis......Page 41
Acknowledgements......Page 43
References......Page 44
1 The pattern of brain size and body size changes among hominins......Page 48
3 The brain and body of Homo floresiensis......Page 51
References......Page 53
1 Introduction......Page 56
2 Some existing patterns of argument regarding hominin cranial morphology, behavioural complexity, and the dating of “human” cognitive and linguistic skills......Page 58
3 The Flores hominins......Page 66
4 Implications of the Flores hominins for the evolution of cognition and language......Page 76
5 Conclusion......Page 82
References......Page 83
1 Introduction......Page 88
2 Mental representations in explanations of intelligent behavior......Page 90
3 Modeling the simplest forms of intelligence......Page 93
4 What the representations are in the models......Page 99
Acknowledgements......Page 105
References......Page 106
1 Introduction......Page 108
2 Cued and detached representations......Page 109
3 Cognitive capabilities for agents......Page 110
4 Cognitive capabilities for playing soccer robots......Page 124
References......Page 132
2 Conceptual structure and modal formulae......Page 136
3 Action as a set of rotations......Page 138
4 Sample action......Page 144
5 Conceptual structure for kick......Page 151
6 Rotations and turns in kicking action......Page 153
7 Microstructure of causation of action......Page 159
8 Concluding remarks......Page 163
References......Page 164
1 Introduction......Page 166
2 Experiment 1......Page 170
3 Experiment 2......Page 174
4 General discussion......Page 178
5 Conclusion and implication for cognitive science......Page 179
References......Page 181
1 Preliminary note......Page 184
2 Introduction......Page 185
3 Materials and method......Page 190
4 Results......Page 191
5 Discussion......Page 196
References......Page 199
1 Introduction......Page 204
2 The problem of metaphorical meaning......Page 207
3 Heuristic-Driven Theory Projection and ontological knowledge......Page 210
4 The application of HDTP to technical concepts......Page 219
5 Concluding remarks and further research......Page 224
References......Page 225
1 Introduction......Page 226
2 Challenge or refutation?......Page 227
3 The K=T Conjecture......Page 229
4 Application of K=T: The Knowledge Argument......Page 233
References......Page 245
1 Introduction......Page 246
2 Davidson’s first argument against conceptual schemes......Page 247
3 Davidson’s second argument against conceptual schemes......Page 249
4 An adaptation of Simmel’s thought experiment......Page 251
6 Super-translatability introduced......Page 253
7 Super-translatability enables a Simmelian truth-tester to test whether the English conceptual scheme is largely true......Page 255
8 English and Simmelian, two languages with non-radically different conceptual schemes......Page 257
9 Concluding remarks......Page 258
References......Page 259
1 Introduction......Page 260
2 Representation in speech-centred communication: Abstract symbols and depiction......Page 261
3 Representation in signed communication: Abstract symbols......Page 263
4 Representation in signed communication: Depiction......Page 265
5 Tracing the stimulus to visual-spatial categories: CPs and sister systems......Page 277
References......Page 284
1 Introduction......Page 288
2 The semantic subset principle......Page 293
3 Entailments of focus operators......Page 298
4 Covert negation and conjunction in adult language......Page 300
5 Covert negation and conjunction in child language......Page 302
6 Conclusion......Page 306
Name index......Page 308
Subject index......Page 312
Table of contents of volume 2......Page 316
The Studies in Language Companion Series......Page 318