paperbound, 8vo xlv+225 pp. new translation of this work, first published in 1746, representing in its time a radical departure from the dominant conception of the mind as a reservoir of innately given ideas; LIKE NEW condition.

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Title

Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge [Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy]

Publisher

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press

Publication Date

2001

Language

English

ISBN 10

0521585767

ISBN 13

9780521585767

Binding

Soft cover

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Philosophy

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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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