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Mental Language - From Plato to William of Ockham (Hardcover)
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Mental Language - From Plato to William of Ockham (Hardcover)
Series: Medieval Philosophy: Texts and Studies
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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.
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