Cartesian or condillacian linguistics?

Topoi - Tập 4 Số 2 - Trang 145-149 - 1985
Joly, André1
1Université de Lille, France

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This paper intends to deal with ‘Condillacian Linguistics’. Although the Condillacian philosophy of mind and analysis of language were the most important in the late eighteenth century, none of them is mentioned in Chomsky's work (1966, Cartesian Linguistics). It would be useful for the history of Western thought if Chomsky's ‘monumental error’ were generally recognized and if Condillacian Linguistics were at last to find the place it rightly deserves. The main thesis of Condillac's linguistic ideas (language is the first step in the analysis of thought) is briefly presented with reference to its context and consequences.

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