Radical interpretation and high-functioning autistic speakers: A defense of Davidson on thought and language

Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 639-662

  Bouma, Hanni K ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Donald Davidson; Radical Interpretation; Theory Of Mind; Thought

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748796354     PISSN: 09515089     EISSN: 1465394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515080600904370     Document Type: Review

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