Internalist Explorations Of Meaning is an interdisciplinary reading group in the Department of Linguistics at Harvard University. We focus on questions about the relation between language and the external world, and what it means to study meaning in natural language internalistically. The reading group is accompanied by a series of talks, which will be made available here.To learn more about the project, visit our website: http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~dott/internalism/Contact: Dennis, dott@fas.harvard.edu Internalist Explorations Of Meaning is an interdisciplinary reading group in the Department of Linguistics at Harvard University. We focus on questions about the relation between language and the external world, and what it means to study meaning in natural language internalistically. The reading group is accompanied by a series of talks, which will be made available here.To learn more about the project, visit our website: http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~dott/internalism/Contact: Dennis, dott@fas.harvard.edu no en http://blip.tv Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:39:51 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:39:51 +0000 C1D96502-05FF-11DD-9E1A-B96E7FAEBA4E http://blip.tv/internalist-explorations-of-meaning/richard-lewontin-internalism-and-externalism-in-biology-818763 internalism 102314 internalism internalist-explorations-of-meaning Internalist Explorations of Meaning http://blip.tv/internalist-explorations-of-meaning http://blip.tv/skin/blipnew/placeholder_user.gif 818763 812402 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-04-09T06:39:51Z English 0 0 0 5377 AbH9LwI http://blip.tv/play/AbH9LwI http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post818763&skin=rss Internalism-RichardLewontinInternalismAndExternalismInBiology588-247.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Internalism-RichardLewontinInternalismAndExternalismInBiology588-247-151.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
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Unfortunately, the speaker introduction is missing from this recording for technical reasons. Internalist Explorations Of MeaningJuan Uriagereka (Maryland)How Much Meaning Can Syntax Carve Out?In this talk, delivered at Harvard University on November 20th 2007, Juan Uriagereka seeks to answer the question how much of natural-language meaning is rooted in syntactic properties of the Language Faculty. Uriagereka argues for a multi-dimensional syntax that provides "spaces" of meaning, from which well-known semantic hierarchies are derived.The talk was part of the interdisciplinary reading group Internalist Explorations Of Meaning. For more information, visit the group's website.Organizer:Dennis Ott (dott@fas.harvard.edu)Department of Linguistics, Harvard University ]]> YahooPartnerVideoID Blip post id 518644 http://blip.tv/file/513203 Educational semantics meaning anchors syntax internalism Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:34:46 +0000 semantics, meaning, anchors, syntax, internalism http://a.images.blip.tv/Internalism-JuanUriagerekaHowMuchMeaningCanSyntaxCarveOut450-132.jpg semantics, meaning, anchors, syntax, internalism ]]> Juan Uriagereka - How Much Meaning Can Syntax Carve Out? http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 9ADE9066-9DFA-11DC-B245-C53DB57D0F5E http://blip.tv/internalist-explorations-of-meaning/ray-jackendoff-conceptual-semantics-514623 internalism 102314 internalism internalist-explorations-of-meaning Internalist Explorations of Meaning http://blip.tv/internalist-explorations-of-meaning http://blip.tv/skin/blipnew/placeholder_user.gif 514623 509192 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-11-28T21:40:57Z English 0 0 0 7427 AZ+1IwI http://blip.tv/play/AZ+1IwI http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post514623&skin=rss Internalism-RayJackendoffConceptualSemantics103-118.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Internalism-RayJackendoffConceptualSemantics103-118-445.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
Internalist Explorations Of MeaningRay Jackendoff (Tufts)Conceptual SemanticsIn this talk, delivered at Harvard University on November 13th 2007, Ray Jackendoff elaborates on his internalist approach to the study of meaning, called Conceptual Semantics. According to Jackendoff, it is necessary for semanticists to study not language in isolation, but conceptual structure ("thought"), the domain-general medium of mental representation.The talk was part of the interdisciplinary reading group Internalist Explorations Of Meaning. For more information, visit the group's website.Organizer:Dennis Ott (dott@fas.harvard.edu)Department of Linguistics, Harvard University ]]> YahooPartnerVideoID Blip post id 514623 http://blip.tv/file/509192 Educational internalism semantics meaning language thought conceptual structure Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:40:57 +0000 internalism, semantics, meaning, language, thought, conceptual, structure http://a.images.blip.tv/Internalism-RayJackendoffConceptualSemantics103-118.jpg internalism, semantics, meaning, language, thought, conceptual, structure ]]> Ray Jackendoff - Conceptual Semantics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 2DA94DA2-8DE6-11DC-AB05-B7DFD1702A9C http://blip.tv/internalist-explorations-of-meaning/noam-chomsky-on-referring-revisited-477279 internalism 102314 internalism internalist-explorations-of-meaning Internalist Explorations of Meaning http://blip.tv/internalist-explorations-of-meaning http://blip.tv/skin/blipnew/placeholder_user.gif 477279 471951 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-11-08T10:34:26Z English 0 0 0 6609 AZ2RQwI http://blip.tv/play/AZ2RQwI http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post477279&skin=rss Internalism-NoamChomskyOnReferringRevisited677.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Internalism-NoamChomskyOnReferringRevisited677-684.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
Internalist Explorations Of MeaningNoam Chomsky (MIT)"On Referring" RevisitedIn this talk, delivered at Harvard University on October 30th 2007, the most eminent linguist of modern times argues for a strictly internalist treatment of questions of natural-language meaning. Chomsky discusses externalist approaches of Putnam, Kripke and others who hold that crucial aspects of meaning rely on the nature of an independently given external world. This cherished tenet of philosophy of language, Chomsky argues, has things backwards: dropping unwarranted metaphysical assumptions, we find that the internal language system is purely syntactic and hence "in the head", as a part of the "cognoscitive powers" that construct the organism's Umwelt.The talk was part of the interdisciplinary reading group Internalist Explorations Of Meaning. For more information, visit the group's website.Organizer:Dennis Ott (dott@fas.harvard.edu)Department of Linguistics, Harvard University ]]> YahooPartnerVideoID Blip post id 477279 http://blip.tv/file/471951 Educational language internalism semantics syntax meaning linguistics philosophy cognition Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:34:26 +0000 language, internalism, semantics, syntax, meaning, linguistics, philosophy, cognition http://a.images.blip.tv/Internalism-NoamChomskyOnReferringRevisited677.jpg language, internalism, semantics, syntax, meaning, linguistics, philosophy, cognition ]]> Noam Chomsky - "On Referring" Revisited http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 5DE28616-776E-11DC-9CF5-B24A19422C2A http://blip.tv/internalist-explorations-of-meaning/hilary-putnam-externalism-its-motivation-and-its-critics-425482 internalism 102314 internalism internalist-explorations-of-meaning Internalist Explorations of Meaning http://blip.tv/internalist-explorations-of-meaning http://blip.tv/skin/blipnew/placeholder_user.gif 425482 420305 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-10-10T20:21:21Z English 0 0 0 3856 AZn8bgI http://blip.tv/play/AZn8bgI http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post425482&skin=rss Internalism-HilaryPutnamExternalismItsMotivationAndItsCritics892.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Internalism-HilaryPutnamExternalismItsMotivationAndItsCritics892-703.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
Internalist Explorations Of MeaningHilary Putnam (Harvard)Externalism: Its Motivation And Its CriticsIn this talk, delivered at Harvard University on October 4th 2007, one of the major proponents of semantic externalism revisits the subject matter of his 1975 paper "The Meaning Of 'Meaning'," extending and updating his views about the nature of meaning and why it "ain't in the head."The talk was part of the interdisciplinary reading group Internalist Explorations Of Meaning. For more information, visit the group's website.Organizer:Dennis Ott (dott@fas.harvard.edu)Department of Linguistics, Harvard University ]]> YahooPartnerVideoID Blip post id 425482 http://blip.tv/file/420305 Educational philosophy externalism mind language reference meaning Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:21:21 +0000 philosophy, externalism, mind, language, reference, meaning http://a.images.blip.tv/Internalism-HilaryPutnamExternalismItsMotivationAndItsCritics892.jpg philosophy, externalism, mind, language, reference, meaning ]]> Hilary Putnam - Externalism: Its Motivation And Its Critics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/