1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457283803321

Autore

Dascal Marcelo

Titolo

Leibniz, language, signs, and thought [[electronic resource] ] : a collection of essays / / by Marcelo Dascal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987

ISBN

1-283-32847-X

9786613328472

90-272-7899-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

Foundations of semiotics, , 0168-2555 ; ; v. 10

Disciplina

410/.92/4

Soggetti

Linguistics

Semiotics

Thought and thinking

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

LEIBNIZ. LANGUAGE, SIGNS AND THOUGHT A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOREWORD; 1. LANGUAGE AND MONEY A Simile and its Meaning in 17th Century Philosophy of Language; 1. Bacon; 2. Hobbes; 3. Bacon and Hobbes; 4. Leibniz; 5. Leibniz and Hobbes; Footnotes; 2. LEIBNIZ, HOBBES, LOCKE AND DESCARTES ON SIGNS, MEMORY, AND REASONING; Footnotes; 3. SIGNS AND THOUGHT IN LEIBNIZ'S PARIS NOTES; Footnotes; 4. LEIBNIZ'S EARLY VIEWS ON DEFINITION; Footnotes; 5. ON KNOWING TRUTHS OF REASON; Footnotes

6. REASON AND THE MYSTERIES OF FAITH: LEIBNIZ ON THE MEANING OF RELIGIOUS DISCOURSEFootnotes; 7. ABOUT THE IDEA OF A GENERATIVE GRAMMAR IN LEIBNIZ; Footnotes; APPENDIX; 1. ON THE DEMONSTRATION OF PRIMARY PROPOSITIONS; Footnotes; 2. THE ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGES; Footnotes; 3. A GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTIC (selections); 4. VERBAL CHARACTERISTIC; Footnotes; 5. THOUGHT, SIGNS AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF LOGIC; Footnotes; 6. ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THINGS AND WORDS OR RATHER ON THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGES; Footnotes; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX



Sommario/riassunto

Why was Leibniz so deeply interested in signs and language? What role does this interest play in his philosophical system? In the essays here collected, Marcello Dascal attempts to tackle these questions from different angles. They bring to light aspects of Leibniz's work on these and related issues which have been so far neglected. As a rule they take as their starting point Leibniz's early writings (some unpublished, some only available in Latin) on characters and cognition, on definition, on truth, on memory, on grammar, on the specific problems of religious discourse, and so on. An effort

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996384314803316

Autore

Corkine William <fl. 1610-1612.>

Titolo

The second booke of ayres [[electronic resource] ] : some, to sing and play to the base-violl alone: others, to be sung to the lute and base violl. VVith new corantoes, pauins, almaines; as also diuers new descants vpon old grounds, set to the lyra-violl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed [by Thomas Snodham] for M[atthew] L[ownes] I. B[rowne] and T[homas] S[nodham] Assigned by W. Barley, 1612

Descrizione fisica

[36] p. : music

Soggetti

Songs, English

Songs with instrumental ensemble

Lyra viol music

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Printer's and publishers' names from STC.

Signatures: A-I² .

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018