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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... function of mental images in cognitive semantics. Nowadays, neurophysiology offers evidence of the neural correlations of these phenomena, and psychology observes and to some extent measures their behavioral effects. This has certainly ...
... function of mental images in cognitive semantics. Nowadays, neurophysiology offers evidence of the neural correlations of these phenomena, and psychology observes and to some extent measures their behavioral effects. This has certainly ...
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... the various functions of language (cognitive, communicative, expressive, ludic, etc.), and their roots in pre-linguistic experience. From this perspective, philosophy of language no doubt overlaps in part with. A map of the area.
... the various functions of language (cognitive, communicative, expressive, ludic, etc.), and their roots in pre-linguistic experience. From this perspective, philosophy of language no doubt overlaps in part with. A map of the area.
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... functions. Among contemporary scholars, Chomsky is probably the one who has most clearly outlined the relation of linguistics and psychology, reducing the first to a domain ofthe second. Behind this drastic reduction, lies a notion ...
... functions. Among contemporary scholars, Chomsky is probably the one who has most clearly outlined the relation of linguistics and psychology, reducing the first to a domain ofthe second. Behind this drastic reduction, lies a notion ...
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... functions involved in conceptualization. This has made the boundaries between these three traditional areas even more permeable. Finally, the encounter with cognitive science has tempered the antipsychologist tendency that had long been ...
... functions involved in conceptualization. This has made the boundaries between these three traditional areas even more permeable. Finally, the encounter with cognitive science has tempered the antipsychologist tendency that had long been ...
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... function: communicative and cognitive. Names do indeed serve to designate things, but to do this they must first distinguish them according to their essence, in other words, classify and categorize them. Like any other tool, names can ...
... function: communicative and cognitive. Names do indeed serve to designate things, but to do this they must first distinguish them according to their essence, in other words, classify and categorize them. Like any other tool, names can ...
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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