Philosophy and the language of the people : the claims of common speech from Petrarch to Locke
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Philosophy and the language of the people : the claims of common speech from Petrarch to Locke
Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Bibliograpy: p. 252-270
Index: p. 271-275
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内容説明
Which language should philosophers use: technical or common language? In a book as important for intellectual historians as it is for philosophers, Lodi Nauta addresses a vital question which still has resonance today: is the discipline of philosophy assisted or disadvantaged by employing a special vocabulary? By the Middle Ages philosophy had become a highly technical discipline, with its own lexicon and methods. The Renaissance humanist critique of this specialised language has been dismissed as philosophically superficial, but the author demonstrates that it makes a crucial point: it is through the misuse of language that philosophical problems arise. He charts the influence of this critique on early modern philosophers, including Hobbes and Locke, and shows how it led to the downfall of medieval Aristotelianism and the gradual democratization of language and knowledge. His book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the transition from medieval to modern philosophy.
目次
- Introduction
- 1. Early Humanist Critics of Scholastic Language: Francesco Petrarca and Leonardo Bruni
- 2. From a Linguistic Point of View: Lorenzo Valla's Critique of Aristotelian-Scholastic Philosophy
- 3. Giovanni Pontano on Language, Meaning, and Grammar
- 4. Juan Luis Vives on Language, Knowledge, and the Topics
- 5. Anti-Essentialism and the Rhetoricization of Knowledge: Mario Nizolio's Humanist Attack on Universals
- 6. Skepticism and the Critique of Language in Francisco Sanches
- 7. Thomas Hobbes and the Rhetoric of Common Language
- 8. Between Private Signification and Common Use: Locke on Ideas, Words, and the Social Dimension of Language
- Conclusion.
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