Barrett, Jeffrey A. and LaCroix, Travis (2020) Epistemology and the Structure of Language. [Preprint]

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We are concerned here with how structural properties of language may come to reflect features of the world in which it evolves. As a concrete example, we will consider how a simple term language might evolve to support the principle of indifference over state descriptions in that language. The point is not that one is justified in applying the principle of indifference to state descriptions in natural language. Instead, it is that one should expect a language that has evolved in the context of facilitating successful action to reflect probabilistic features of the world in which it evolved.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Barrett, Jeffrey A. j.barrett@uci.edu LaCroix, Travis tlacroix@uci.edu 0000-0002-1724-3434
Keywords:	Signalling games; natural kinds; informational bottlenecks; principle of indifference; problem of priors
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Computation/Information General Issues > Computer Simulation Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Concepts and Representations General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Game Theory General Issues > Natural Kinds
Depositing User:	Dr. Travis LaCroix
Date Deposited:	10 Mar 2020 02:10
Last Modified:	10 Mar 2020 02:10
Item ID:	16986
Official URL:	http://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-020-00225-4
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1007/s10670-020-00225-4
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Computation/Information General Issues > Computer Simulation Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Concepts and Representations General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Game Theory General Issues > Natural Kinds
Date:	2020
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16986

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