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In the seventeenth century, a series of proposals and schemes for an artificial language intended to replace Latin as the international medium of communication gained currency. Fully developed, these schemes consisted of a classification of all known 'things' and a set of self-defining names designed to reflect the divisions of the classification. This attempt to create a specialized and scientific form of language was enthusiastically taken up by a number of eminent scientists of the day, including Bacon, Descartes, Newton and other members of the Royal Society. Dr Slaughter demonstrates that the idea of a universal language was a rational response to the inadequacy of seventeenth-century language, a result of social and cultural changes precipitated by the rise of science, the spread of print and literacy, and the subsequent development of a literate culture. A valuable addition to the study of history and literature, this book also has relevance for contemporary languages with similar problems of development.
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In the seventeenth century, a series of proposals and schemes for an artificial language intended to replace Latin as the international medium of communication gained currency, supported by many eminent scientists of the day. Dr Slaughter demonstrates that the idea was a rational response to various factors of the age.
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Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The Rise of Essentialist Taxonomy: 1. The Aristotelian origins; 2. Taxonomy; 3. Nomenclature; Part II. The Development of the Universal Languages: 4. The groundwork; 5. Proposals and schemes for a universal language; 6. Proposals for a philosophical language; 7. Schemes for a philosophical language; 8. The culmination, aftermath and end; Part III. The End of the Taxonomic Episteme: 9. The fall of essentialist taxonomy; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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- EditoreCambridge University Press
- Data di pubblicazione1982
- ISBN 10 0521244773
- ISBN 13 9780521244770
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine288
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UNIVERSAL LANGUAGES AND SCIENTIFIC TAXONOMY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
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Descrizione libro Black Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine (-). 1st ed. x+277; a near pristine copy, jacket spine faded but this barely noticeable as it has faded back from a dark brown to a light brown which matches that used on front cover borders (will add protective sleeve to jacket when ordered). An interesting and wide-ranging study of the linguistic aspects of the Scientific Revolution, especially in England, focussing on projects such as Wilkins' to create a universal language and the relationship of this to educational ideas of e.g. Comenius and Ray's pioneering taxonomical efforts in natural science - in fact everyone from Bacon to Locke and Boyle gets a look-in somewhere. . Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range. Size: 16 Cms x 23.5 Cms. Codice articolo 008977
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