A private language argument to elucidate the relation between mind and language

1 A shorter precursor of this paper was presented under the title ‘Thought, Reason, and Language’ during the 2 Meeting on Cognition & Language – 2eC&L, held at the Federal University of Uberlândia – UFU (Uberlândia, MG, Brazil), on November 6-8, 2019; and under the present title during the international online research workshop Mind and Language, hosted by the University of Luxembourg on September 25-26, 2020. I wish to thank the participants of both events for their valuable questions, comments, and suggestions. I also wish to thank the members of the PhD reading circle for philosophy at the University of Luxembourg, who discussed an earlier version of the paper with me. I owe additional thanks to Frank Hofmann, Raquel Krempel, Nora Schleich, Andy Orlando, and Deven Burks for commenting on drafts of this text. 2 University of Luxembourg, Institute of Philosophy. Campus Belval. Maison des Sciences Humaines 11, Porte de Sciences L-4366, Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. Email: hannes.fraissler@gmail.com. ABSTRACT