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Language (Companions to Ancient Thought: Series Number 3)
(Edited By Stephen Everson)
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paperback. This book is concerned to expound and analyse ancient theories of language. Editor(s): Everson, Stephen. Series: Companions to Ancient Thought. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good.
This third Companion To Ancient Thought is devoted to ancient theories of language. The chapters range over more than eight hundred years of philosophical enquiry, and provide critical analyses of all the principal accounts of how it is that language can have meaning and how we can come to acquire linguistic understanding. The discussions move from the naturalism examined in Plato's Cratylus to the sophisticated theories of the Hellenistic schools and the work of St Augustine. The relations between thought about language and metaphysics, philosophy of mind and the development of grammar are also explored.
This third Companion To Ancient Thought is devoted to ancient theories of language. The chapters range over more than eight hundred years of philosophical enquiry, and provide critical analyses of all the principal accounts of how it is that language can have meaning and how we can come to acquire linguistic understanding. The discussions move from the naturalism examined in Plato's Cratylus to the sophisticated theories of the Hellenistic schools and the work of St Augustine. The relations between thought about language and metaphysics, philosophy of mind and the development of grammar are also explored.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Companions to Ancient Thought
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521357951
SKU
KTS0036584
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Reviews for Language (Companions to Ancient Thought: Series Number 3)
If ever a case is to be made that ancient philosophy is just an early species of analytic philosophy, this is the volume to do it....The quality of the essays, in every case, is extremely high. Robert Pasnau, Review of Metaphysics