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In the seventeenth century, a series of proposals and schemes for an artificial language intended to replace Latin as the international medium of communication gained currency. Fully developed, these schemes consisted of a classification of all known 'things' and a set of self-defining names designed to reflect the divisions of the classification. This attempt to create a specialized and scientific form of language was enthusiastically taken up by a number of eminent scientists of the day, including Bacon, Descartes, Newton and other members of the Royal Society. Dr Slaughter demonstrates that the idea of a universal language was a rational response to the inadequacy of seventeenth-century language, a result of social and cultural changes precipitated by the rise of science, the spread of print and literacy, and the subsequent development of a literate culture. A valuable addition to the study of history and literature, this book also has relevance for contemporary languages with similar problems of development.
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In the seventeenth century, a series of proposals and schemes for an artificial language intended to replace Latin as the international medium of communication gained currency, supported by many eminent scientists of the day. Dr Slaughter demonstrates that the idea was a rational response to various factors of the age.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0521244773
- ISBN 13 9780521244770
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages288
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Edge wear. Clean, unmarked pages. x, 277 p., ill., 24 cm. From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996). Seller Inventory # 2503110110
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Condition: Very Good. Examines highly regarded proposals during the seventeenth century for an artificial language intended to replace Latin as the international medium of communication. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CF. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 562. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. 1982. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # KTS0036215
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Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". x, 277pp. Creasing, rubbing and shelf wear to clipped dust jacket. Mild toning to inside flaps of jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Gentle bumps to head and tail of spine and bottom corners of boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: n the seventeenth century, a series of proposals and schemes for an artificial language intended to replace Latin as the international medium of communication gained currency. Fully developed, these schemes consisted of a classification of all known 'things' and a set of self-defining names designed to reflect the divisions of the classification. This attempt to create a specialized and scientific form of language was enthusiastically taken up by a number of eminent scientists of the day, including Bacon, Descartes, Newton and other members of the Royal Society. Dr Slaughter demonstrates that the idea of a universal language was a rational response to the inadequacy of seventeenth-century language, a result of social and cultural changes precipitated by the rise of science, the spread of print and literacy, and the subsequent development of a literate culture. A valuable addition to the study of history and literature, this book also has relevance for contemporary languages with similar problems of development.(Publisher). Seller Inventory # 15350
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UNIVERSAL LANGUAGES AND SCIENTIFIC TAXONOMY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
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