Authors: Brown, Deborah J.
Brown, D. (1999) What Was New in the Passions of 1649?. Acta Philosophica Fennica 64: 211- 231
Area: Metaphysics
Kw: Judgement; Descartes; passion; representation
Abstract not available
Brown, D. (1996) The Puzzle of Names in Ockham's Theory of Mental Language. Review of Metaphysics 50 (1): 79- 100
Area: Philosophy of Language
Kw: Mental language; Ockham
Examines philosopher William of Ockham's theory of mental language. Problems with the notion of a mental language devoid of synonymous and ambiguous terms; Basic principles of Ockham's theory of terms; Absolute and connotative terms and their modes of acquisition; Description of mental language with redundancy.
Brown, D. (1996) A Furry Tile about Mental Representation. Philosophical Quarterly 46 (185): 448- 467
Area: Philosophy of Mind
Kw: Mental representation
Presents a fictitious conversation between three animals concerning mental representation.
Thanks to the Australasian Association of Philosophy and Macquarie University.
