Leibniz. Language, Signs and Thought: A Collection of Essays (Volume 10)

Dascal, Marcelo

ISBN 10: 9027232806 / ISBN 13: 9789027232809

Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1987

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Volume 10. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9027232806.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Leibniz. Language, Signs and Thought: A Collection of Essays (Volume 10)
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027232806
• ISBN 13: 9789027232809
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 450 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language & Linguistics

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Synopsis

Why was Leibniz so deeply interested in signs and language? What role does this interest play in his philosophical system? In the essays here collected, Marcello Dascal attempts to tackle these questions from different angles. They bring to light aspects of Leibniz’s work on these and related issues which have been so far neglected. As a rule they take as their starting point Leibniz's early writings (some unpublished, some only available in Latin) on characters and cognition, on definition, on truth, on memory, on grammar, on the specific problems of religious discourse, and so on. An effort has been made to relate the views expressed in these writings both to Leibniz’ more mature views, and to the conceptions prevailing in his time, as well as in preceding and following periods. The common thread running through all the essays is to what extent language and signs, in their most varied forms, are related to cognitive processes, according to Leibniz and his contemporaries.