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Condillac's Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge, first published in French in 1746 and offered here in a new translation, represented in its time a radical departure from the dominant conception of the mind as a reservoir of innately given ideas. Descartes had held that knowledge must rest on ideas; Condillac turned this upside down by arguing that speech and words are the origin of mental life and knowledge. His work influenced many later philosophers, and also anticipated Wittgenstein's view of language and its relation to mind and thought.
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Hans Aarsleff is Professor of English, Emeritus, Princeton University.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. [Language Man and Society: Foundations of the Behavioral Sciences] Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Library stamps and markings. Shelf wear. Corner bumped. liv, 339 pages, 23 cm. Seller Inventory # 2312130009
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An Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge. (Language, man, and society) (English and French Edition)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New York, 1974. Fine condition. Gray cloth covered boards with black spine titles; minimal wear; 8vo, 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall; no jacket. Light pencil marks on free front endpaper only, otherwise interior clean and unmarked; 339 pages. Seller Inventory # SKU1077939
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