?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Conscious+thinking%3A+language+or+elimination%3F&rft.creator=Carruthers%2C+Peter&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Do+we+conduct+our+conscious+propositional+thinking+in+natural+language%3F+Or+is+such+language+only+peripherally+related+to+human+conscious+thought-processes%3F+In+this+paper+I+shall+present+a+partial+defence+of+the+former+view%2C+by+arguing+that+the+only+real+alternative+is+eliminativism+about+conscious+propositional+thinking.+Following+some+introductory+remarks%2C+I+shall+state+the+argument+for+this+conclusion%2C+and+show+how+that+conclusion+can+be+true.+Thereafter+I+shall+defend+each+of+the+three+main+premises+in+turn.&rft.publisher=Blackwell&rft.contributor=Patterson%2C+Sarah&rft.date=1998&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1203%2F1%2FConcthnk.htm&rft.identifier=++Carruthers%2C+Peter++(1998)+Conscious+thinking%3A+language+or+elimination%3F++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1203%2F