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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... Mind, language, languages 107 5.5 The semantics of usage 113 5.6 Languages as analytical methods 117 5.7 Talking animals: Origin and history 122 Suggestions for further reading 128 CHAPTER 6 Languages, peoples, and nations 129 6.1 ...
... Mind, language, languages 107 5.5 The semantics of usage 113 5.6 Languages as analytical methods 117 5.7 Talking animals: Origin and history 122 Suggestions for further reading 128 CHAPTER 6 Languages, peoples, and nations 129 6.1 ...
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Lia Formigari. CHAPTER 8 Conclusion: A glance at on-going work 8.1 Mind, body, language 189 8.2 The bodily basis of meaning 195 8.3 Fossils, brains, and languages 199 Suggestions for further reading 205 Bibliography Author index Subject ...
Lia Formigari. CHAPTER 8 Conclusion: A glance at on-going work 8.1 Mind, body, language 189 8.2 The bodily basis of meaning 195 8.3 Fossils, brains, and languages 199 Suggestions for further reading 205 Bibliography Author index Subject ...
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... mind. Fritz Mauthner, a German-speaking Bohemian philosopher, and Ludwig Wittgenstein after him, compared languages to cities, which grow gradually, room after room, window after window, house after house, neighborhood after ...
... mind. Fritz Mauthner, a German-speaking Bohemian philosopher, and Ludwig Wittgenstein after him, compared languages to cities, which grow gradually, room after room, window after window, house after house, neighborhood after ...
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... mind works. For the success of any scientific program, the adequacy of adopted symbolical procedures and terminology is decisive. Words are the most complex and effective of all interaction systems used by human beings. Even the most ...
... mind works. For the success of any scientific program, the adequacy of adopted symbolical procedures and terminology is decisive. Words are the most complex and effective of all interaction systems used by human beings. Even the most ...
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... mind. The birth of general linguistics had a disrupting effect on the separation between historical and natural sciences (Geisteswissenschaften and Naturwissen— schaften were the terms used by German philosopher Wilhelm Dilthey, who was ...
... mind. The birth of general linguistics had a disrupting effect on the separation between historical and natural sciences (Geisteswissenschaften and Naturwissen— schaften were the terms used by German philosopher Wilhelm Dilthey, who was ...
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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