{"product_id":"locke-language-and-early-modern-philosophy-hardback-9780521852715","title":"Locke, Language and Early-Modern Philosophy (Hardback) 9780521852715","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLocke, Language and Early-Modern Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explains why language caused unease to writers such as Montaigne, Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, and Pascal.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHannah Dawson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521852715, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 June 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e380 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.73 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn a powerful and original contribution to the history of ideas, Hannah Dawson explores the intense preoccupation with language in early-modern philosophy, and presents an analysis of John Locke's critique of words. By examining a broad sweep of pedagogical and philosophical material from antiquity to the late seventeenth century, Dr Dawson explains why language caused anxiety in various writers. Locke, Language and Early-Modern Philosophy demonstrates that developments in philosophy, in conjunction with weaknesses in linguistic theory, resulted in serious concerns about the capacity of words to refer to the world, the stability of meaning, and the duplicitous power of words themselves. Dr Dawson shows that language so fixated all manner of early-modern authors because it was seen as an obstacle to both knowledge and society. She thereby uncovers a novel story about the problem of language in philosophy, and in the process reshapes our understanding of early-modern epistemology, morality and politics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Notes on the text\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Language in the Trivium: 1. Language in logic\u003cbr\u003e 2. Language in grammar\u003cbr\u003e 3. Language in rhetoric\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Philosophical Developments of the Problem of Language: 4. The relationships between language, mind and world\u003cbr\u003e 5. Semantic instability: a containable threat\u003cbr\u003e 6. Under cover of sensible and powerful words\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Locke on Language: 7. Words signify ideas alone\u003cbr\u003e 8. Semantic instability: an inherent imperfection\u003cbr\u003e 9. A life of their own\u003cbr\u003e 10. Locke in the face of language\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265251004696,"sku":"9780521852715","price":93.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521852715i.jpg?v=1692020978","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/locke-language-and-early-modern-philosophy-hardback-9780521852715","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}