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Moore, Richard (2017) Gricean communication and cognitive development. The Philosophical Quarterly, 67 (267). pp. 303-326. doi:10.1093/pq/pqw049 ISSN 0031-8094.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqw049
Abstract
On standard readings of Grice, Gricean communication requires (a) possession of a concept of belief, (b) the ability to make complex inferences about others’ goal-directed behaviour, and (c) the ability to entertain fourth-order metarepresentations. To the extent that these abilities are pre-requisites of Gricean communication, they are inconsistent with the view that Gricean communication could play a role in their development. In this paper, I argue that a class of ‘minimally Gricean’ acts satisfy the intentional structure described by Grice, but require none of abilities (a)–(c). As a result, Gricean communicative abilities may indeed contribute to the development of (a)–(c)—in particular, by enabling language development. This conclusion has important implications for our theorizing about cognitive development.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The Philosophical Quarterly | ||||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0031-8094 | ||||||||
Official Date: | April 2017 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 67 | ||||||||
Number: | 267 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 303-326 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1093/pq/pqw049 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
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