The Figural and the literal : problems of language in the history of science and philosophy, 1630-1800 / edited by Andrew E. Benjamin, Geoffrey N. Cantor, and John R.R. Christie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Benjamin, Andrew E.

Cantor, G. N., 1943-

Christie, J. R. R. (John R. R.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric--History--Congresses.

Rhetoric.

History.

Science--Language--History--Congresses.

Science.

Science--Language.

Analysis (Philosophy)--History--Congresses.

Analysis (Philosophy).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

vii unnumbered pages, 229 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester, U.K. ; Wolfeboro, N.H., U.S.A. : Manchester University Press, [1987]

Contents:

Introduction : rhetoric and writing in early modern philosophy and science / John R.R. Christie

Descartes' fable : the Discours de la méthode / Andrew E. Benjamin

Hobb's two theories of meaning / George MacDonald Ross

Robert Boyle : scepticism and authority in seventeenth-century chemical discouse / Jan V. Golinski

The ark in flames : science, language, and education in seventeenth-century England / Tony Davies

The perfect cheat : Locke and empiricism's rhetoric / Geoff Bennington - Weighing light : the role of metaphor in eighteenth-century optical discourse / Geoffrey N. Cantor

Figures of the unthinkable : Diderot's materialist metaphors / Michael Moriarty

Polite culture in commercial society / Stephen Copley - Adam Smith's metaphysics of language / John R.R. Christie.

Notes:

Largely papers presented at a conference held at Leeds University, Jan. 10-12, 1984.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0719014867 :

OCLC:

15108938