Leibniz. Language, Signs and Thought : A collection of essays.
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Leibniz. Language, Signs and Thought : A collection of essays.
Yazar:
Dascal, Marcelo.
ISBN:
9789027278999
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (215 pages)
Seri:
Foundations of Semiotics ; v.10
Foundations of Semiotics
İçerik:
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 DISCOURSE -- Footnotes -- 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.
Özet:
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 As a rule they take as their starting point Leibniz's early writings (some unpublished, some only available in Latin) on characters and cognition, on definition, on truth, on memory, on grammar, on the specific problems of religious discourse,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 has been made to relate the views expressed in these writings both to Leibniz' more mature views, and to the conceptions prevailing in his time, as well as in preceding and following periods. The common thread running through all the essays is to what extent language and signs, in their most varied forms, are related to cognitive processes, according to Leibniz and his contemporaries.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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