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Condillac, Étienne Bonnot De - ātyĕnˈ bônōˈ də kôNdēyäkˈ, 1715–80, French philosopher who developed the theory of sensationalism (i.e., that all knowledge comes from the senses and that there are no innate ideas). He took holy orders, and in 1768 he became a member of the French Academy of Sciences. His

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Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge » Read Now
by Etienne Bonnot de Condillac. 225 pgs.

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Condillac's Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge, first published in French in 1746 and offered here in a new translation, represented in its time a radical departure from the dominant conception of the mind as a reservoir of innately given ideas. Descartes had held that knowledge must rest on...
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Condillac's Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge, first published in French in 1746 and offered here in a new translation, represented in its time a radical departure from the dominant conception of the mind as a reservoir of innately given ideas. Descartes had held that knowledge must rest on ideas; Condillac turned this upside down by arguing that speech and words are the origin of mental life and knowledge. His work influenced many later philosophers, and also anticipated Wittgenstein's view of language and its relation to mind and thought.
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Philosophical Writings of Etienne Bonnot, Abbe de Condillac, Vol. 1 » Read Now
by Etienne Bonnot de Condillac. 422 pgs.

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Philosophical Writings of Etienne Bonnot, Abbe de Condillac, Vol. 2 » Read Now
by Etienne Bonnot de Condillac. 174 pgs.

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The Authority of Experience: Sensationist Theory in the French Enlightenment (Chap. 1 "Condillac and the Meaning of Experience") » Read Now
by John C. O'Neal. 284 pgs.

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The Origin of Language: Aspects of the Discussion from Condillac to Wundt » Read Now
by G. A. Wells. 137 pgs.

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Mutual Misunderstanding: Scepticism and the Theorizing of Language and Interpretation (Discussion of Condillac begins on p. 51) » Read Now
by Talbot J. Taylor. 267 pgs.

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Mutual Misunderstanding presents a strikingly original analysis of the rhetorical patters underlying Western linguistic thought, as exemplified in the works of John Locke, Jacques Derrida, Gottlob Frege, Jonathan Culler, Noam Chomsky, Ferdinand de Saussure, H. Paul Crice, Michael Dummet, Stanley...
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Mutual Misunderstanding presents a strikingly original analysis of the rhetorical patters underlying Western linguistic thought, as exemplified in the works of John Locke, Jacques Derrida, Gottlob Frege, Jonathan Culler, Noam Chomsky, Ferdinand de Saussure, H. Paul Crice, Michael Dummet, Stanley Fish, Alfred Schutz, Barbara Herrnstein Smith, Harold Garfinkel, and others.
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The Theories of Instinct: A Study in the History of Psychology (Chap. IX "Empiricist and Nativist Controversies of the Eighteenth Century: Condillac and Reimarus") » Read Now
by E. C. Wilm. 188 pgs.

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Condillac: Language, Thought, and Morality in the Man and Animal Debate, in French Forum » Read Now
by R. Christopher Coski. 19 pgs.

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Reading the French Enlightenment: System and Subversion (Chap. 4 "Condillac and the Identity of the Other") » Read Now
by Julie Candler Hayes. 243 pgs.

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Reading the French Enlightenment offers an ambitious reinterpretation of a crucial aspect of eighteenth-century thought, the rationalizing and classifying impulse or "systematic spirit." Julie Candler Hayes surveys the past fifty years of philosophical reflection on the Enlightenment, and takes...
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Reading the French Enlightenment offers an ambitious reinterpretation of a crucial aspect of eighteenth-century thought, the rationalizing and classifying impulse or "systematic spirit." Julie Candler Hayes surveys the past fifty years of philosophical reflection on the Enlightenment, and takes issue both with traditional liberal and with contemporary critical accounts, arguing instead for a new understanding of "systematic reason" as complex, paradoxical, and ultimately liberating. Through close analysis of philosophical, scientific, and literary texts, she emphasizes the urgency of maintaining a dialogue between past and present, Enlightenment and modernity.
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The Theories of Instinct: A Study in the History of Psychology (Chap. 9 "Empiricist and Nativist Controversies Of the Eighteenth Century: Condillac and Reimarus") » Read Now
by E. C. Wilm. 188 pgs.

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The Western Tradition from Socrates to Saussure (Chap. 11 "Condillac on the Origin of Language and Thought") » Read Now
by Roy Harris, Talbot J. Taylor. 234 pgs.

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As readers are introduced to the main issues and themes that have determined the development of the Western linguistic tradition, an evolution of linguistic thought quickly becomes apparent.