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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791185003321

Autore

Urban Wilbur Marshall <1873-1952., >

Titolo

Language and reality : the philosophy of language and the principles of symbolism / / Wilbur Marshall Urban

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-317-85195-1

1-138-87108-7

1-315-83013-2

1-317-85196-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (754 p.)

Collana

Muirhead Library of Philosophy : Metaphysics ; ; XV

Disciplina

401

Soggetti

Language and languages - Philosophy

Symbolism

Meaning (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1939 by George Allen & Unwin.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Part I The Philosophy of Language; I. Language and Reality: The Theme of a Philosophy of Language; II. What is Language? Origin and Development. The Science of Language; III. Language as the Bearer of Meaning: What it is to Understand; IV. The Phenomenology of Linguistic Meaning: The Primary Functions of Language; V. The Normative Problem of Language: Linguistic Validity; VI. Intelligible Communication: Its Nature and Conditions

VII. Language and Logic: The ""Logical Analysis"" of LanguageVIII. Language and Cognition: The Metalogical Problems of Language; Part II The Principles of Symbolism; IX. The Principles of Symbolism: The General Theory of Symbolism; X. The Language of Poetry and its Symbolic Form; XI. Science and Symbolism: Symbolism as a Scientific Principle; XII. Religious Symbols and the Problem of Religious Knowledge; XIII. The Language of Metaphysics: Symbolism as a Metaphysical Principle; XIV. Philosophia Perennis: The ""Natural Metaphysic of the Human Mind""



Appendix I. The Development and ""Progress"" of LanguageAppendix II. The Problem of Translation in General Linguistics; Appendix III. Neo-Nominalistic Philosophies of Language; Appendix IV. Symbolism as a Theological Principle in St. Thomas; Index of Names; Index of Subjects

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.