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dc.contributor.authorCrain, Stephenen
dc.contributor.authorKhlentzos, Drew Men
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-06T11:17:00Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.citationMind & Language, 25(1), p. 30-65en
dc.identifier.issn1468-0017en
dc.identifier.issn0268-1064en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5768-
dc.description.abstractWe present a series of arguments for logical nativism, focusing mainly on the meaning of disjunction in human languages. We propose that all human languages are logical in the sense that the meaning of linguistic expressions corresponding to disjunction (e.g. English 'or', Chinese 'huozhe', Japanese 'ka') conform to the meaning of the logical operator in classical logic, inclusive-'or'. It is highly implausible, we argue, that children acquire the (logical) meaning of disjunction by observing how adults use disjunction. Findings from studies of child language acquisition and from cross- linguistic research invite the conclusion that children do not learn to be logical—it comes naturally to them.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltden
dc.relation.ispartofMind & Languageen
dc.titleThe Logic Instincten
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1468-0017.2009.01380.xen
dc.subject.keywordsPhilosophy of Mind (excl Cognition)en
dc.subject.keywordsLogicen
dc.subject.keywordsLinguisticsen
local.contributor.firstnameStephenen
local.contributor.firstnameDrew Men
local.subject.for2008220314 Philosophy of Mind (excl Cognition)en
local.subject.for2008200499 Linguistics not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.for2008220308 Logicen
local.subject.seo2008970122 Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studiesen
local.subject.seo2008970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciencesen
local.subject.seo2008970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Cultureen
local.profile.schoolPsychologyen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.emailscrain@maccs.mq.edu.auen
local.profile.emaildkhlentz@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20100505-152441en
local.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen
local.format.startpage30en
local.format.endpage65en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume25en
local.identifier.issue1en
local.contributor.lastnameCrainen
local.contributor.lastnameKhlentzosen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:dkhlentzen
local.profile.roleauthoren
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:5909en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleThe Logic Instincten
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorCrain, Stephenen
local.search.authorKhlentzos, Drew Men
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2010en
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