A highly influential work in the history of philosophy of mind and language. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 568. . 2001. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Condillac: Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521584671
ISBN 13: 9780521584678
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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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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