UID:
edocfu_9959240225102883
Format:
1 online resource (186 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-283-31376-6
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9786613313768
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90-272-7862-8
Series Statement:
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, v. 48
Uniform Title:
Linguistica ed empirismo nel Seicento inglese.
Content:
The focus of this volume is the crisis of the traditional view of the relationship between words and things and the emergence of linguistic arbitrarism in 17th-century British philosophy. Different groups of sources are explored: philological and antiquarian writings, pedagogical treatises, debates on the respective merits of the liberal and mechanical arts, essays on cryptography and the art of gestures, polemical pamphlets on university reform, universal language scheme, and philosophical analyses of the conduct of the understanding. In the late 17th-century the philosophy of mind discards b
Note:
"Revised version of a volume originally published in 1970 under the title Linguistica ed empirismo nel Seicento inglese"--P. [vii].
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LANGUAGE AND EXPERIENCE IN 17TH-CENTURY BRITISH PHILOSOPHY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; 0. Introduction Francis Bacon and the Renaissance Linguistic Tradition; 1.0 Language and the languages; 2.0 The reconstruction of linguistic unity; 3.0 Semiotics and the theory of knowledge; Concluding remarks; Bibliography; Index of names; Index of subjects
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-272-4531-2
Language:
English
