Foundational Issues
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Representational systems such as language, mind and perhaps even the brain exhibit a structure that is often assumed to be compositional. That is, the semantic value of a complex representation is determined by the semantic value of their parts and the way they are put together. Dating back to the late 19th century, the principle of compositionality has regained wide attention recently. Since the principle has been dealt with very differently across disciplines, the aim of the two volumes is to bring together the diverging approaches. They assemble a collection of original papers that cover the topic of compositionality from virtually all perspectives of interest in the contemporary debate. The well-chosen international list of authors includes psychologists, neuroscientists, computer scientists, linguists, and philosophers.
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2 - Preface [Seite 7]
3 - Is Compositionality an A Priori Principle?Daniel Cohnitz [Seite 23]
4 - Fodor's Inexplicitness ArgumentReinaldo Elugardo [Seite 59]
5 - Compositionality Inductively, Co-inductively andContextuallyTim Fernando [Seite 87]
6 - Confirmation and CompositionalityKen Gemes [Seite 96]
7 - Levels of Perceptual Content and Visual Images.Conceptual, Compositional, or Not?Verena Gottschling [Seite 111]
8 - Recognitional Concepts and ConceptualCombinationPierre Jacob [Seite 135]
9 - How Similarities ComposeHannes Leitgeb [Seite 147]
10 - The Structure of ThoughtsMenno Lievers [Seite 169]
11 - Intensional Epistemic Wholes: A Study in theOntology of CollectivityAlda Mari [Seite 189]
12 - Impossible PrimitivesJaume Mateu [Seite 213]
13 - Is Compositionality an Empirical Matter?Jaroslav Peregrin [Seite 231]
14 - The Compositionality of Concepts and Peirce'sPragmatic LogicAhti-Veikko Pietarinen [Seite 247]
15 - Semantic Holism and (Non-)Compositionality inScientific TheoriesGerhard Schurz [Seite 271]
16 - Right and Wrong Reasons for CompositionalityMarkus Werning [Seite 285]
