| Language, Mind and Nature: Artificial Languages in England from Bacon to Locke Contributor(s): Lewis, Rhodri (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521874750 ISBN-13: 9780521874755 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2007 Annotation: In the attempt to make good one of the desiderata in Bacon??'s Advancement of Learning, a cohort of philosophers, scientists, schoolmasters, clergymen and cranks attempted to devise artificial languages that would immediately represent the order of thought, held both directly to represent the order of things and to be a universal characteristic of the human mind. Language, Mind and Nature fully reconstructs, for the first time, this artificial language movement in seventeenth-century England. In so doing, it reveals a great deal about the beliefs and activities of those who sought to reform learning in the early modern period. Artificial languages straddle occult, religious and proto-scientific approaches to representation and communication, and suggest that much of the so-called ???new philosophy??? was not very new at all. This study breaks new ground within its field, and will be of interest to anyone concerned with intellectual or linguistic history during this period. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 499.990 |
| Series: Ideas in Context |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.49" W x 9.03" (1.30 lbs) 288 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In the attempt to make good one of the desiderata in Bacon's Advancement of Learning, a cohort of seventeenth-century philosophers, scientists, schoolmasters, clergymen and virtuosi attempted to devise artificial languages that would immediately represent the order of thought. This was believed directly to represent the order of things and to be a universal characteristic of the human mind. Language, Mind and Nature is a 2007 text which fully reconstructs this artificial language movement. In so doing, it reveals a great deal about the beliefs and activities of those who sought to reform learning in seventeenth-century England. Artificial languages straddle occult, religious and proto-scientific approaches to representation and communication, and suggest that much of the so-called 'new philosophy' was not very new at all. This study broke important ground within its field, and will interest anyone concerned with early modern intellectual history or with the history of linguistic thought in general. |