Philosophical Languages in the Seventeenth Century: Dalgarno, Wilkins, Leibniz
This book discusses three linguistic projects carried out in the seventeenth century: the artificial languages created by Dalgamo and Wilkins, and Leibniz's uncompleted scheme. It treats each of the projects as self contained undertakings, which deserve
- PDF / 700,809 Bytes
- 13 Pages / 439 x 666 pts Page_size
- 45 Downloads / 185 Views
The New Synthese Historical Library Texts and Studies in the History of Philosophy VOLUME
54
Managing Editor: SIMO KNuuTrILA,
University of Helsinki
Associate Editors: University of Chicago University of London
DANIEL ELLIOT GARBER, RICHARD SORABfl,
Editorial Consultants: A. AERTSEN, Thomas-Institut, Universitiit zu Koln ROGER ARIEw, Virginia Polytechnic Institute E. JENNIFER ASHWORTH, University of Waterloo MICHAEL AYERS, Wadham College, Oxford GAIL FINE, Cornell University R. J. HANKINSON, University of Texas JAAKKO HINTIKKA, Boston University PAUL HOFFMAN, University of California, Riverside DAVID KONSTAN, Brown University RICHARD H. KRAUT, Northwestern University, Evanston ALAIN DE LIBERA, Universite de Geneve JOHN E. MURDOCH, Harvard University DAVID FATE NORTON, McGill University LUCA OBERTELLO, Universita degli Studi di Genova ELEONORE STUMP, St. Louis University ALLEN WOOD, Stanford University JAN
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
PHILOSOPHICAL LANGUAGES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: DALGARNO, WILKINS, LEIBNIZ by JAAPMAAT University
0/ Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
lt....
"
Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
ISBN 978-94-010-3771-6 ISBN 978-94-007-1036-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-1036-8
Printed on acid-free paper
All Rights Reserved
© 2004 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2004 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover 1st edition 2004 No part of trus work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work.
3.342
An unseren Notationen ist zwar etwas wi llkiirlich , aber das ist nicht willkiirlich: DaB, wenn wir etwas willkiirlich bestimmt haben, dann etwas anderes der Fall sein muB. (Dies hangt von dem Wesen der Notation ab.)
3.3412 Eine besondere Bezeichnungsweise mag unwichtig sein, aber wichtig ist es immer, daB diese eine mogliche Bezeichnungsweise ist. Dnd so verbalt es sich in der Philosophie iiberhaupt: das Einzelne erweist sich immer wieder als unwichtig, aber die Moglichkeit jedes Einzelnen gibt uns einen AufschluB iiber das We sen der Welt. -Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
CONTENTS
Abbreviations Preface
xi Xlll
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Background
7
2.1 Anewera
7
2.2 Aspects of the intellectual context
10
2.2.1 Attitudes towards language 2.2.2 The biblical tradition 2.2.3 Philosophical grammar 2.2.4 The logical tradition
10 12 13 14
2.3 Plans and projects: universal writing
16
2.3.1 A real character and the myth of a universal writing· 2.3.2 Schemes for a universal writing 2.4 Proposals for a philosophical language Chapter 3 Dalgarno: the Art of Signs
Data Loading...
