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 As a rule they take as their starting point Leibniz's early writings (some unpublished, some only available in Latin) on characters and cognition, on definition, on truth, on memory, on grammar, on the specific problems of religious discourse,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.
| ISBN: | 9789027232809 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1987 |
| Author: | Marcelo Dascal |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 215 pages |
| Series: | Foundations of Semiotics |
| Genres: |
Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics |
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 As a rule they take as their starting point Leibniz's early writings (some unpublished, some only available in Latin) on characters and cognition, on definition, on truth, on memory, on grammar, on the specific problems of religious discourse,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.
Leibniz. Language, Signs and Thought features in the following genres: Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics
Leibniz. Language, Signs and Thought is available in Hardback
Leibniz. Language, Signs and Thought was written by Marcelo Dascal and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company
Leibniz. Language, Signs and Thought has 215 pages
Yes it is part of Foundations of Semiotics series