Leibniz, language, signs, and thought : a collection of essays / by Marcelo Dascal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dascal, Marcelo.

Series:

Foundations of semiotics ; v. 10.

Foundations of semiotics, 0168-2555 ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics.

Semiotics.

Thought and thinking.

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 As a rule they take as their starting point Leibniz's early writings (some unpublished, some only available in Latin) on characters and cognition, on definition, on truth, on memory, on grammar, on the specific problems of religious discourse,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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-32847-X

9786613328472

90-272-7899-7

OCLC:

769341976