Language - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521357950 ISBN 13: 9780521357951

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Riassunto

This third Companion To Ancient Thought is devoted to ancient theories of language. The chapters range over more than eight hundred years of philosophical enquiry, and provide critical analyses of all the principal accounts of how it is that language can have meaning and how we can come to acquire linguistic understanding. The discussions move from the naturalism examined in Plato's Cratylus to the sophisticated theories of the Hellenistic schools and the work of St Augustine. The relations between thought about language and metaphysics, philosophy of mind and the development of grammar are also explored.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

"If ever a case is to be made that ancient philosophy is just an early species of analytic philosophy, this is the volume to do it....The quality of the essays, in every case, is extremely high." Robert Pasnau, Review of Metaphysics

Descrizione del libro:

This book is concerned to expound and analyse ancient theories of language. The discussions range from Plato via Aristotle and the Hellenistic philosophical schools to the work of St Augustine.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0521357950
• ISBN 13: 9780521357951
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 292
• Redattore: Everson Stephen