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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461215803321

Autore

Vernon Jim

Titolo

Hegel's philosophy of language / / Jim Vernon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , [2007]

©2007

ISBN

1-283-20769-9

9786613207692

1-4411-9151-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Collana

Continuum studies in philosophy

Disciplina

193.5

Soggetti

Language and languages - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Framework of Hegelian Linguistics; Chapter 2 The Acquisition of Lexical Content; Chapter 3 The Deduction of Logical Grammar; Chapter 4 The Linguistic Expression of Thought; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this bold new book, Jim Vernon develops the general theory of language implicitly contained in the writings of G.W.F. Hegel. Vernon offers novel readings of Hegel's central works in order to explain his views on some long neglected topics and as such demonstrates that his accounts of representation, the concept and the speculative sentence can be used to create sophisticated theories of language acquisition, universal grammar and linguistic practice. Hegel's defence of a scientific philosophy that is necessary and universal seems to eliminate the need for a philosophical linguistics. Since