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Locke, Language and Early-Modern Philosophy Hannah Dawson (University of Edinburgh)

Locke, Language and Early-Modern Philosophy By Hannah Dawson (University of Edinburgh)

Locke, Language and Early-Modern Philosophy by Hannah Dawson (University of Edinburgh)


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Exploring the astonishing preoccupation with language in early-modern philosophy, and culminating in an analysis of Locke's critique of words, Hannah Dawson examines a broad sweep of pedagogical and philosophical material from antiquity to the late seventeenth century. The result is a powerful and original contribution to the history of ideas.

Locke, Language and Early-Modern Philosophy Summary

Locke, Language and Early-Modern Philosophy by Hannah Dawson (University of Edinburgh)

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Notes on the text; Introduction; Part I. Language in the Trivium: 1. Language in logic; 2. Language in grammar; 3. Language in rhetoric; Part II. Philosophical Developments of the Problem of Language: 4. The relationships between language, mind and world; 5. Semantic instability: a containable threat; 6. Under cover of sensible and powerful words; Part III. Locke on Language: 7. Words signify ideas alone; 8. Semantic instability: an inherent imperfection; 9. A life of their own; 10. Locke in the face of language; Bibliographies.

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NLS9781107403024
9781107403024
1107403022
Locke, Language and Early-Modern Philosophy by Hannah Dawson (University of Edinburgh)
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Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2011-08-18
380
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