Perry, in this lucid, deep, and entertaining book (based on his 1999 Jean Nicod lectures), supposes that type-identity physicalism is antecedently plausible, and that rejecting this thesis requires good reason (this is " antecedent physicalism "). He aims to show that experience gap arguments, as given by Jackson (the knowledge argument), Kripke (the modal argument), and Chalmers (the zombie ar...

David Braddon-Mitchell’s and Frank Jackson’s Philosophy of mind and cognition is written as an introductory textbook. Philosophy, of course, is not the actual study of the subject. The book, then, does not report factual data about the mind and the mind’s ability to acquire knowledge by processes like perception and reasoning, and it neither tells about specific research methods that could be u...

It is often said that many functional linguists lack a ‘theory’. Within formal linguistics, it is common to talk of different ‘theories’, such as Government-Binding Theory or Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. When formal linguists look at the work of functional linguists like Givón (1984, 1990, 1995), they do not see a ‘theory’ in the sense of formal theories like Government-Binding Theory,...

In the context of India, this study explores complex link between structural functionalism and educational inequality. The examines how Indian system both functions dysfunctions within larger societal structure, contributing to persistence disparities in access, quality, outcomes across various social groups. It is grounded fundamental principles functionalism. This aims shed light on interacti...

In the text it will be attempted to prove existence of a tradition expressivism in form normative social functionalism as common denominator for position or positions taken by later Wittgenstein and Wilfrid Sellars regards questions objectivity normativity lingustic meaning, presented answers problem rule following. formulates following at approximately same time does Wittgenstein. Also, Sellar...