Locke, language and early-modern philosophy /
In a powerful and original contribution to the history of ideas, Hannah Dawson explores the intense preoccupation with language in early-modern philosophy, and presents an analysis of John Locke's critique of words. By examining a broad sweep of pedagogical and philosophical material from antiq...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2007
Cambridge ; New York : 2007 |
| Series: | Ideas in context ;
76 Ideas in context 76 |
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| Summary: | In a powerful and original contribution to the history of ideas, Hannah Dawson explores the intense preoccupation with language in early-modern philosophy, and presents an analysis of John Locke's critique of words. By examining a broad sweep of pedagogical and philosophical material from antiquity to the late seventeenth century, Dr Dawson explains why language caused anxiety in various writers. Locke, Language and Early-Modern Philosophy demonstrates that developments in philosophy, in conjunction with weaknesses in linguistic theory, resulted in serious concerns about the capacity of words to refer to the world, the stability of meaning, and the duplicitous power of words themselves. Dr Dawson shows that language so fixated all manner of early-modern authors because it was seen as an obstacle to both knowledge and society. She thereby uncovers a novel story about the problem of language in philosophy, and in the process reshapes our understanding of early-modern epistemology, morality and politics |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 361 pages) xii, 361 p. ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-348) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-348) and index |
| ISBN: | 0511288263 0511288948 0511289588 0511290187 0511321899 0511490488 0521852714 (cased) 1107165482 1107403022 1280916990 6610916993 9780511288265 9780511288944 9780511289583 9780511290183 9780511321894 9780511490484 9780521852715 (cased) 9781107165489 9781107403024 9781280916991 9786610916993 |