Thought and Language: An Essay, Having in View the Revival, Correction, and Exclusive Establishment of Locke's Philosophy (Classic Reprint)

Smart, Benjamin Humphrey

ISBN 10: 1330538625 / ISBN 13: 9781330538623

Published by Forgotten Books, 2018

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210 pages. 9.02x5.98x0.44 inches. This item is printed on demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thought and Language: An Essay, Having in View the Revival, Correction, and Exclusive Establishment of Locke's Philosophy (Classic Reprint)
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330538625
• ISBN 13: 9781330538623
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.29 kilograms

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Synopsis

Thought and Language: An Essay challenges long-held ideas about how words shape thought and why Locke’s view has persisted, offering a fresh take on language, mind, and knowledge.

This edition presents a clear argument about the relationship between thought and language, tracing how grammar, logic, and mind have been linked since ancient times. It examines how later philosophers built on or broke away from Locke, Kant, and Aristotle, and why English philosophy has sometimes resisted foreign modes of speculation. The aim is to recover a practical, English approach to metaphysics that rests on experience and careful reasoning.

• See how words and signs are connected to ideas and propositions in everyday reasoning.


• Learn how traditional logic compares abstract parts of speech with real knowledge drawn from experience.


• Explore the critique of German and Aristotelian approaches and their impact on English thought.


• Understand what a practical, common-sense metaphysics could look like in this framework.

Ideal for readers of philosophy, cognitive science, and the history of ideas who want a rigorous, English-oriented perspective on language and thought.