Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham

by Claude Panaccio

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.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823272605
• ISBN13: 9780823272600
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"