Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge (History of Psychology Series) (English and French Edition) - Hardcover

Condillac, Etienne Bonnot De

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820110906 ISBN 13: 9780820110905

Publisher: Scholars Facsimilies & Reprint, 1971

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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.

About the Author

Hans Aarsleff is Professor of English, Emeritus, Princeton University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scholars Facsimilies & Reprint
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0820110906
• ISBN 13: 9780820110905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 339