Format:
1 Online-Ressource (vii, 159 pages)
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ISBN:
9780511487293
Content:
This book examines John Locke's claims about the nature and workings of language. Walter Ott proposes an interpretation of Locke's thesis in which words signify ideas in the mind of the speaker, and argues that rather than employing such notions as sense or reference, Locke relies on an ancient tradition that understands signification as reliable indication. He then uses this interpretation to explain crucial areas of Locke's metaphysics and epistemology, including essence, abstraction, knowledge and mental representation. His discussion challenges many of the orthodox readings of Locke, and will be of interest to historians of philosophy and philosophers of language alike
Content:
1. Signs and signification -- 2. Particles and propositions -- 3. Essence and abstraction -- 4. Locke contra the Aristotelians: signification and definition -- 5. Beyond the bounds of sense?
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521831192
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521036016
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521831192
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
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Philosophy
Keywords:
Locke, John 1632-1704
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Sprachphilosophie
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511487293
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