In Favor of Logical Form
This paper is intended to address the work “Against logical form”, authored by Johnson-Laird in 2010. In it, based on the theory of mental models, Johnson-Laird claims that the way people interpret sentences in natural language has nothing to do with logic. This is because that action is not related...
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| description | This paper is intended to address the work “Against logical form”, authored by Johnson-Laird in 2010. In it, based on the theory of mental models, Johnson-Laird claims that the way people interpret sentences in natural language has nothing to do with logic. This is because that action is not related to logical forms. According to him, the mental activity is mainly linked to semantics and pragmatics. However, here, following arguments provided by López-Astorga, I try to show that the theory of mental models can be linked to syntactic structures. My main point is made by dealing with an argument given in the mentioned Johnson-Laird’s paper. In principle, that argument seems to undermine proposals such as that of López-Astorga. However, the present work proposes otherwise. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e10f3890e81042b7b8157d1d4afec1ca2023-04-11T17:28:18ZengSciendoStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric2199-60592022-12-01671455810.2478/slgr-2022-0003In Favor of Logical FormLópez-Astorga Miguel0University of Talca, ChileThis paper is intended to address the work “Against logical form”, authored by Johnson-Laird in 2010. In it, based on the theory of mental models, Johnson-Laird claims that the way people interpret sentences in natural language has nothing to do with logic. This is because that action is not related to logical forms. According to him, the mental activity is mainly linked to semantics and pragmatics. However, here, following arguments provided by López-Astorga, I try to show that the theory of mental models can be linked to syntactic structures. My main point is made by dealing with an argument given in the mentioned Johnson-Laird’s paper. In principle, that argument seems to undermine proposals such as that of López-Astorga. However, the present work proposes otherwise.https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2022-0003logical formmental modelspragmaticssemanticssyntax |
| spellingShingle | López-Astorga Miguel In Favor of Logical Form Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric logical form mental models pragmatics semantics syntax |
| title | In Favor of Logical Form |
| title_full | In Favor of Logical Form |
| title_fullStr | In Favor of Logical Form |
| title_full_unstemmed | In Favor of Logical Form |
| title_short | In Favor of Logical Form |
| title_sort | in favor of logical form |
| topic | logical form mental models pragmatics semantics syntax |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2022-0003 |
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