{"product_id":"talking-about-elmar-unnsteinsson-9780192865137","title":"Talking about: An Intentionalist Theory of Reference","description":"Combining new insights from cognitive science and speech art theory, Unnsteinsson develops a compelling theory of singular reference which avoids well-known puzzles and objections. The theory, called Edenic intentionalism, is grounded in a mechanistic perspective on explanation in cognitive science and a new Gricean account of speaker meaning and speaker reference. \u003cem\u003e Talking About: An Intentionalist Theory of Reference \u003c\/em\u003e develops an account of the mental state of identity confusion and separates questions about the nature of representational acts and representational states. Unnsteinsson proposes a division of labour, but Edenic intentionalism is strictly a theory of intentional, mind-directed representational acts, taking speech acts as its paradigm case. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eTalking About: An Intentionalist Theory of Reference \u003c\/em\u003e argues that mental mechanisms ought to be postulated to explain human cognitive capacities. Pragmatic competence is the capacity to successfully produce utterances with a communicative intention. By examining the characteristic function and malfunction of the mechanism for referential competence, the study shows that confused reference should be understood as a type of malfunction. This is the core thesis of Edenic intentionalism: that the identity confusion disrupts the normal function of the speech art of reference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elmar Unnsteinsson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0192865137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192865137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.70w x 0.80d","brand":"Elmar Unnsteinsson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076432261375,"sku":"9780192865137","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f18251ae-92b2-40cc-8c1c-4c955e583302.jpg?v=1685464957","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/talking-about-elmar-unnsteinsson-9780192865137","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}