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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... principles and methods drawn from philosophy. This development, the result of the combined efforts oflinguists and philosophers in the second half of the 19th century, already presupposed the kind of contiguity among epistemological ...
... principles and methods drawn from philosophy. This development, the result of the combined efforts oflinguists and philosophers in the second half of the 19th century, already presupposed the kind of contiguity among epistemological ...
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... principles presiding over the production and perception of language; the genesis of this system and its employment in verbal practices; linguistic creativity, i.e., the ability indefinitely to produce new linguistic forms. Conversely ...
... principles presiding over the production and perception of language; the genesis of this system and its employment in verbal practices; linguistic creativity, i.e., the ability indefinitely to produce new linguistic forms. Conversely ...
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... principles for explaining and predicting phenomena. In exceptional cases, this sort of linguistic commonsense turns into 'fantastic linguistics', imaginative practices — the invention of languages through the 'Pentecostal' revelation of ...
... principles for explaining and predicting phenomena. In exceptional cases, this sort of linguistic commonsense turns into 'fantastic linguistics', imaginative practices — the invention of languages through the 'Pentecostal' revelation of ...
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... principle of indication, since custom, it appears, indicates both by the like and by the unlike”; then “both convention and custom must contribute something towards the indication of our meaning when we speak” (435a—c). The main novelty ...
... principle of indication, since custom, it appears, indicates both by the like and by the unlike”; then “both convention and custom must contribute something towards the indication of our meaning when we speak” (435a—c). The main novelty ...
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... principles and the capacity of ranking genera according to degrees of generality. Finally, he lists the semantic and morphological aspects of expressions (VII, 63). The intermediate space between ontology and semantics is dominated by ...
... principles and the capacity of ranking genera according to degrees of generality. Finally, he lists the semantic and morphological aspects of expressions (VII, 63). The intermediate space between ontology and semantics is dominated by ...
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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