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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458033303321

Autore

Formigari Lia <1931->

Titolo

Language and experience in 17th-century British philosophy [[electronic resource] /] / Lia Formigari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., 1988

ISBN

1-283-31376-6

9786613313768

90-272-7862-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, , 0304-0720 ; ; v. 48

Disciplina

401

Soggetti

Language and languages - Philosophy - History - 17th century

Empiricism

Philosophy, British - 17th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Revised version of a volume originally published in 1970 under the title Linguistica ed empirismo nel Seicento inglese"--P. [vii].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

LANGUAGE AND EXPERIENCE IN 17TH-CENTURY BRITISH PHILOSOPHY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; 0. Introduction Francis Bacon and the Renaissance Linguistic Tradition; 1.0 Language and the languages; 2.0 The reconstruction of linguistic unity; 3.0 Semiotics and the theory of knowledge; Concluding remarks; Bibliography; Index of names; Index of subjects

Sommario/riassunto

The focus of this volume is the crisis of the traditional view of the relationship between words and things and the emergence of linguistic arbitrarism in 17th-century British philosophy. Different groups of sources are explored: philological and antiquarian writings, pedagogical treatises, debates on the respective merits of the liberal and mechanical arts, essays on cryptography and the art of gestures, polemical pamphlets on university reform, universal language scheme, and philosophical analyses of the conduct of the understanding. In the



late 17th-century the philosophy of mind discards b