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Is evidence of language-like properties evidence of a language-of-thought architecture?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2023

Nuhu Osman Attah  and
Edouard Machery Open the ORCID record for Edouard Machery [Opens in a new window]
Nuhu Osman Attah
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Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA nuo2@pitt.edu, www.nuhuosmanattah.com
Edouard Machery
Affiliation:
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA nuo2@pitt.edu, www.nuhuosmanattah.com Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA machery@pitt.edu, www.edouardmachery.com African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Abstract

We argue that Quilty-Dunn et al.'s commitment to representational pluralism undermines their case for the language-of-thought hypothesis as the evidence they present is consistent with the operation of the other representational formats that they are willing to accept.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e264
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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