Lodi Nauta (The Netherlands Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

Philosophy and the Language of the People

The Claims of Common Speech from Petrarch to Locke

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Produktbeschreibung

Which language should we use in philosophy: technical or common language? Medieval philosophers and Renaissance humanists differed widely on this matter. This book shows how an appeal to common language by humanists and philosophers such as Hobbes and Locke led to a democratization of language and knowledge.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 281
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 196mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 538g
• ISBN-13: 9781108845960
• ISBN-10: 1108845967
• Artikelnr.: 61258362

Autorenporträt

Lodi Nauta is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Groningen. He is author and editor of several monographs and essay collections, including the award-winning In Defense of Common Sense: Lorenzo Valla's Humanist Critique of Scholastic Philosophy (2009), and has written numerous journal articles and book chapters on medieval and early modern philosophy. He was a recipient of the Spinoza Award in 2016.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Early Humanist Critics of Scholastic Language: Francesco Petrarca and Leonardo Bruni
2. From a Linguistic Point of View: Lorenzo Valla's Critique of Aristotelian-Scholastic Philosophy
3. Giovanni Pontano on Language, Meaning, and Grammar
4. Juan Luis Vives on Language, Knowledge, and the Topics
5. Anti-Essentialism and the Rhetoricization of Knowledge: Mario Nizolio's Humanist Attack on Universals
6. Skepticism and the Critique of Language in Francisco Sanches
7. Thomas Hobbes and the Rhetoric of Common Language
8. Between Private Signification and Common Use: Locke on Ideas, Words, and the Social Dimension of Language
Conclusion.