Skepticism and language in early modern philosophy : the early linguistic turn / Danilo Marcondes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Souza Filho, Danilo Marcondes de, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

vii, 127 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]

Summary:

"This book shows that at the beginning of modern thought the revival of ancient skepticism challenged the powers of the intellect in making knowledge possible, opening the way to the consideration of language as an alternative to mental representation, thus leading to an early linguistic turn"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I LANGUAGE AND IDEAS IN EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT

1. Skepticism and Language in Early Modern Thought: An Overview

2. Language and Knowledge in Early Modern Philosophy: Between the "Abuse of Words" and the Veil of Ideas

3. From the Light of the Soul to the Conventional Sign: Mind and Language in Early Modern Philosophy

pt. II THE EARLY LINGUISTIC TURN

4. Cartesian Linguistics?

5. Non-Cartesian Views of Language

6. Rhetoric and Pragmatics: The Anti-Cartesianism of La Mothe Le Vayer, Thomas Hobbes, and Giambattista Vico

7. Locke and Hume on Language and Communication

8. Kant's Relevance to the Philosophy of Language

9. Toward the Linguistic Turn.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Souza Filho, Danilo Marcondes de, Skepticism and language in early modern philosophy

ISBN:

9781793614728

1793614725

9781793614742

1793614741

OCLC:

1202731412