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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... Words are the most complex and effective of all interaction systems used by human beings. Even the most crude and primitive form of social organization needs some degree of verbal interaction in order to make even the most basic forms ...
... Words are the most complex and effective of all interaction systems used by human beings. Even the most crude and primitive form of social organization needs some degree of verbal interaction in order to make even the most basic forms ...
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... words constantly mediate our relation with people, objects, and events. Pathologies, such as hearing and speaking impairments and aphasia, sever, sometimes radically, the relation between the subject and his environment. Language ...
... words constantly mediate our relation with people, objects, and events. Pathologies, such as hearing and speaking impairments and aphasia, sever, sometimes radically, the relation between the subject and his environment. Language ...
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... 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 be used. 16 A History of Language Philosophies.
... 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 be used. 16 A History of Language Philosophies.
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... words are one thing and entities are something else, and asserts the cognitive function of language along with its limitations. In all the Socratic dialogues, questions and answers are used to establish the definite and univocal meaning ...
... words are one thing and entities are something else, and asserts the cognitive function of language along with its limitations. In all the Socratic dialogues, questions and answers are used to establish the definite and univocal meaning ...
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... words are divided into two (and, for the time being, only two) grammatical categories, onoma and rhema. The first term was also used to indicate words in general; but, when used in opposition to rhema, it referred to a name serving as ...
... words are divided into two (and, for the time being, only two) grammatical categories, onoma and rhema. The first term was also used to indicate words in general; but, when used in opposition to rhema, it referred to a name serving as ...
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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