Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham - Hardcover
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Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham - Hardcover
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by Claude Panaccio (Author), Joshua P. Hochschild (Translator), Meredith K. Ziebart (Translator)
The notion that human thought is structured like a language, with a precise syntax and semantics, has been pivotal in recent philosophy of mind. Yet it is not a new idea: it was systematically explored in the fourteenth century by William of Ockham and became central in late medieval philosophy. Mental Language examines the background of Ockham's innovation by tracing the history of the mental language theme in ancient and medieval thought.
Panaccio identifies two important traditions: one philosophical, stemming from Plato and Aristotle, and the other theological, rooted in the Fathers of the Christian Church. The study then focuses on the merging of the two traditions in the Middle Ages, as they gave rise to detailed discussions over the structure of human thought and its relations with signs and language. Ultimately, Panaccio stresses the originality and significance of Ockham's doctrine of the oratio mentalis (mental discourse) and the strong impression it made upon his immediate successors.Author Biography
Claude Panaccio held the Canada Research Chair in the Theory of Knowledge in the Department of Philosophy of the University of Quebec at Montreal until his retirement in 2016 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is the author of Ockham on Concepts, which won the Canadian Philosophical Association Biennial Book Prize.
Joshua P. Hochschild Monsignor Robert R.Kline Professor of Philosophy, and former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, at Mount St. Mary's University.
Meredith K. Ziebart teaches philosophy at Loyola University, Maryland.
Number of Pages: 304
Dimensions: 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: February 01, 2017
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