10. Language Learning

Author: Harman, Gilbert

Source: Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind, July 1999 , pp. 183-192(10)

Publisher: Oxford Scholarship Online Monographs

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Abstract:

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.

Keywords: radical translation; thinking in language; language learning; indeterminacy; Quine; translation

Document Type: Research article

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