Ockham's Assumption of Mental Speech -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Basic Characteristics of Language: Signification and Supposition -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Signification and Supposition of Terms: First Approximation -- 1.3 Absolute vs. Connotative Terms -- 1.4 The Narrow and the Wider Sense of 'Signify' (significare) -- 1.5 The Property of Supposition -- 1.5.1 The 'Standard' Case: (Personal) Supposition and the Truth and Falsity of Affirmative Propositions -- 1.5.2 Personal Supposition of Terms and 'Taking a Term Significatively' (sumi significative) -- 1.5.3 Improper Use and Improper Supposition -- 1.5.4 Simple and Material Supposition -- 1.6 Summary -- 2. Ockham's Semantic Model: Subordination, Correspondence, and the Role of Mental Speech with Respect to Spoken Language -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Signification in Relation to Subordination and Imposition -- 2.3 Conventional Signification and Equivocation -- 2.4 Mental Propositions and Spoken Propositions: The Relation of Correspondence -- 2.4.1 The General Explanation of 'Truth' and 'Falsity' -- 2.4.2 Correspondence: Synonymy Again -- 2.4.3 Correspondence: Equivocation Again -- 2.5 Demonstratives, Correspondence, and Supposition of Mental Terms -- 2.6 Summary -- 3. Ockham's Model of Thought -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 How to Acquire an Absolute Simple Concept -- 3.2.1 The Three Steps of Concept Acquisition -- 3.2.2 Some Objections -- 3.3 Ockham's Model of Non-Propositional and Propositional Acts -- 3.3.1 Propositional Acts of Apprehension: Mental Propositions -- 3.3.2 Propositional Acts of Apprehension: Spoken Propositions -- 3.3.3 Acts of Judgement -- 3.3.3.1 The First Kind of Assent -- 3.3.3.2 The Second Kind of Assent -- 3.4 Intuitive Cognition and Evident Judgement.

3.4.1 General Propositions and Evident Judgement: propositiones per se notae -- 3.5 Summary -- 4. Why Ockham Is Not Fodor -- 4.1 Behaviourism vs. Cognitive Science -- 4.2 Fodor on Language Acquisition -- 4.3 Fodor's Language of Thought (lot) -- 4.4 Fodor on Mental States and Acts -- 4.5 Why Ockham Is Not Fodor (Summary) -- 5. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.