A History of Language PhilosophiesTheory and history combine in this book to form a coherent narrative of the debates on language and languages in the Western world, from ancient classic philosophy to the present, with a final glance at on-going discussions on language as a cognitive tool, on its bodily roots and philogenetic role. An introductory chapter reviews the epistemological areas that converge into, or contribute to, language philosophy, and discusses their methods, relations, and goals. In this context, the status of language philosophy is discussed in its relation to the sciences and the arts of language. Each chapter is followed by a list of suggested readings that refer the reader to the final bibliography. About the author: Lia Formigari, Professor Emeritus at University of Rome, La Sapienza. Her publications include: Language and Experience in XVIIth-century British Philosophy. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 1988; Signs, Science and Politics. Philosophies of Language in Europe 1700 1830. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 1993; La sémiotique empiriste face au kantisme. Liège: Mardaga, 1994. |
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... Stoics distinguished five parts: proper name, common or appellative name (including adjectives), verb, conjunction, and article (Diogenes Laertius, VII, 57—58). In time, this taxonomy evolved as the canonical classification into eight ...
... Stoics distinguished five parts: proper name, common or appellative name (including adjectives), verb, conjunction, and article (Diogenes Laertius, VII, 57—58). In time, this taxonomy evolved as the canonical classification into eight ...
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... Stoics distinguished among various forms of expression besides judgment, such as interrogation, command, oath, prayer, hypothesis, address, etc. The fact remains, however, that the declarative function is taken as the basic function of ...
... Stoics distinguished among various forms of expression besides judgment, such as interrogation, command, oath, prayer, hypothesis, address, etc. The fact remains, however, that the declarative function is taken as the basic function of ...
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... Stoics included the study of voice as signifying sound into dialectics. The Stoics' philosophy of language can only be reconstructed through the fragments, testimonies, and commentaries of later authors. One of these is Diogenes ...
... Stoics included the study of voice as signifying sound into dialectics. The Stoics' philosophy of language can only be reconstructed through the fragments, testimonies, and commentaries of later authors. One of these is Diogenes ...
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... Stoics and that they are a source of subsequent distinctions between mental grammar and the grammar of natural languages. Another interesting trait of Stoic linguistics is their view of the theory of meaning as a branch of dialectics ...
... Stoics and that they are a source of subsequent distinctions between mental grammar and the grammar of natural languages. Another interesting trait of Stoic linguistics is their view of the theory of meaning as a branch of dialectics ...
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... Stoics is an impression or alteration made on the soul, comparable to the wax imprint ofa seal. It is the first act of apprehension, a precognition or prolepsis, a natural understanding of the universal (VII, 54). Representation comes ...
... Stoics is an impression or alteration made on the soul, comparable to the wax imprint ofa seal. It is the first act of apprehension, a precognition or prolepsis, a natural understanding of the universal (VII, 54). Representation comes ...
Contents
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4 Philosophy of language from Boethius to Locke | 57 |
5 Language and philosophy from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment | 83 |
6 Languages peoples and nations | 129 |
7 Language and philosophy at the turn of the 19th century | 149 |
8 Conclusion | 189 |
Bibliography | 207 |
Author index | 237 |
Subject index | 245 |
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