Brain and the Lexicon: The Neural Basis of Inferential and Referential Competence (Studies in Brain and Mind, 15) 9783030275877, 9783030275884, 3030275876

Table of contents :
Acknowledgments
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
References
Part I: A Philosophical Distinction
Chapter 2: Truth-Conditional Cognitivism and Inferential Competence
2.1 Truth-Conditional Cognitivism
2.1.1 *Meaning and Truth-Conditions
2.1.2 *A Theory of (Truth-Conditional) Meaning
2.1.3 *A Theory of (Cognitive) Meaning
2.2 Truth-Conditional Cognitivism and Lexical Competence
2.3 Meaning Postulates and Lexical Inferential Competence
References
Chapter 3: Truth-Conditional Cognitivism and Referential Grounding
3.1 The Need of Referential Grounding
3.2 A Cognitive Referential Grounding?
3.2.1 ∗Referential Competence and Reference Determination
3.2.2 ∗Objective Reference and Objective Truth-Conditions
3.3 Externalist Views of Semantic Competence?
3.4 A Division of Labour?
3.5 Concluding Remarks
References
Part II: An Empirical Hypothesis
Chapter 4: Inferential and Referential Lexical Competence
4.1 Inferential and Referential Lexical Competence
4.2 The Content of Inferential Competence
4.2.1 The Structure of Inferential Competence
4.2.2 The Modeling of Inferential Competence
4.3 The Content of Referential Competence
4.3.1 The Structure of Referential Competence: The Case of Vision
4.3.2 The Modeling of Referential Competence: The Other Senses
4.4 Concluding Remarks: An Empirical Hypothesis
References
Part III: The Neuroscience Evidence
Chapter 5: Functional Dissociation
5.1 Functional Dissociation
5.2 The Selective Damage to Referential Competence
5.2.1 The Case of Non-visual Perceptual Modalities
5.2.2 The Case of Words Denoting Emotions and Spatial Relations
5.3 The Selective Damage of Inferential Competence
5.3.1 The Single-Case Studies
5.3.2 Some Limitations
5.4 Functional Dissociation: Group Studies
References
Chapter 6: Anatomical Dissociation
6.1 The Anatomical Dissociation
6.2 Evidence from Direct Electrocortical Stimulation
6.3 Evidence from fMRI: Verbal vs Nonverbal Tasks
6.4 Evidence from fMRI: Inferential vs Referential Naming
6.5 Evidence from fMRI: The Study of Marconi and Colleagues
6.5.1 The Study of Marconi and Colleagues: Some Limitations
References
Part IV: The Inferential and the Referential Neural Systems
Chapter 7: The Inferential and the Referential Neural Systems
7.1 The Inferential Neural System
7.1.1 ATL and Semantic Memory
7.1.2 Left pMTG and Inferential Procedures
7.2 The Referential (Visual) Neural System
7.2.1 The Referential Neual System in Other Modalities
References
Part V: Complicating the Picture
Chapter 8: The Role of the Referential (Visual) Cortex for Inferential Competence
8.1 Inferential Competence and Visual Cortex
8.2 Inferential Competence with Concrete Words
8.3 Inferential Competence with Abstract Words
8.4 Amodal and Visual Representations in Inferential Tasks
8.5 Inferential Competence in Congenital Blindness
8.6 The Case of Non-visual Modalities
References
Chapter 9: Conclusion