Locke on Language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4080028 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walter Ott (0000-0002-3426-5416, Virginia Tech, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 291-300 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2007.00126.x |
| OpenAlex | W2045287008 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
John Locke is the first modern philosopher to offer a comprehensive philosophy of language. After discussing Locke's aims and scope, I explore Locke's main linguistic category, signification, and the most prominent interpretations of it, including those of Norman Kretzmann and E. J. Ashworth. I then turn to the nature of the proposition and the question whether Locke can distinguish between the act of forming a proposition and the attitude one adopts toward it
Epistemology · Linguistics · Proposition · Sociology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Historical Philosophy and Science · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |