Linguistics and Philosophy - 9780268012847

Linguistics and PhilosophyAn Essay on the Philosophical Constants of Language\nAuthor(s): Etienne Gilson, John Lyon\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Notre Dame Press, United States\nImprint: University of Notre Dame Press\nISBN-13: 9780268012847, 978-0268012847\nSynopsis\nThis marks the first time Linguistics and Philosophy, published in France in 1969, has been translated into English. Here, philosopher Etienne Gilson examines linguisticsfrom Descartes to Derridaas he argues for the irreducibility of thought to language. Reviewing the theories of figures such as Condillac, Mallarm, de Saussure, and Vendrys, Gilson looks at the process whereby thought is translated into language, seeking to reestablish the notion of concepts as mediators.\n\n The temptation of linguists to philosophize in such areas as the relationship of thought, language, and the world prompted Gilson to write Linguistics and Philosophy. In the introduction he does not claim to be a linguist, but rather .