Relevance

Abstract Deirdre Wilson (2018) provides a reflective overview of volume devoted to the historic application relevance-theoretic ideas literary studies. She maintains view argued elsewhere that putative non-propositional nature (among other things) effects are an illusion, which dates Sperber and ( 1986/1995 : 224): “If you look at [non-propositional] affective through microscope relevance theory, see wide array minute cognitive [i.e., propositional] effects.” This paper suggests alternative, modern-day humans have two apparently different modes expressing interpreting information: one these is system in propositional, dominate; involves direct, effects. The concludes by describing ways such affects might be assimilated into theory. first, accept much more than merely organisms; second, rethink quite radically what we mean cognition.