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Theories of the Sign in Classical Antiquity

Author : Giovanni Manetti
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253112576
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Theories of the Sign in Classical Antiquity written by Giovanni Manetti and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993-03-22 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It's the first book which revisits Greek and Latin theories of signs from the point of view of a profound classical scholarship and a paramount knowledge of contemporary semiotics debates."Â -- Umberto Eco Available in English for the first time is Professor Manetti's brilliant study of the origin of semiotics and sign theory. He seeks to discover the common thread that runs through the classical world from the very beginning of human thought to the fourth century A.D. In the "classical" tradition he sees a concept of the sign which is significantly different from that currently in use.

Knowledge Through Signs

Author : Giovanni Manetti
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knowledge Through Signs written by Giovanni Manetti and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le centre Semiotic and Cognitive Studies (semiotique et etudes cognitives) de l'universite de San Marino (dirige par Umberto Eco et Patrizia Violi) veut promouvoir la recherche et les echanges interdisciplinaires dans le domaine des sciences cognitives, de la semiotique, de la psychologie, de la psycholinguistique, de la philosophie de la pensee, de l'intelligence artificielle, dans le but de comparer les traditions philosophique, semiotique et linguistique europeennes aux derniers resultats des sciences cognitives americaines. Numero 2 de la serie Semiotic and Cognitive Studies: G. Manetti, Preface, Introduction: The Concept of the Sign from Ancient to Modern Semiotics, W. Leszl, I messagi degli dei e i segni della natura, D. Sedley, Aristotle's De interpretatione and ancient semantics, A.A. Long, Stoic Psychology and the Elucidation of Language, G. Verbeke, Meaning and Role of the Expressible in Stoic Logic, E. Asmis, Epicurean Semiotics, D. Glidden, Sextus and the Erotetic Fallacy, M. Bettetini, Agostino d'Ippona: i segni, il linguaggio, M. Bettini, A proposito di Argumentum, G. Pucci, Terminus. Per una semiotica dei confini nel mondo romano, D. Maggi, Il segno creatore. Aspetti dell'integrazione del segno nella mitologia vedica, U. Eco, Jerusalem and the Temple as Signs in Medieval Culture.

Augustine's Theory of Signs, Signification, and Lying

Author : Remo Gramigna
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110596628
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Augustine's Theory of Signs, Signification, and Lying written by Remo Gramigna and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this study is to present, as far as possible, a general description of the theory of the sign and signification in Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD), with a view to its evaluation and implications for the study of semiotics. Accurate studies for subject, discipline, and significance have not yet given an organic and systematic vision of Augustine’s theory of the sign. The underlying aspiration is that such an endeavour will prove to be beneficial to the scholars of Augustine’s thought as well as to those with a keen interest in the history of semiotics. The study uses Augustine’s own accounts to investigate and interpret the philosophical problem of the sign. The focus lies on the first decade of Augustine’s literary production. The De dialectica, is taken as the terminus ad quo of the study, and the De doctrina christiana is the terminus ad quem. The selected texts show an explicit engagement with poignant discussion on the nature and structure of the sign, the variety of signs and their uses. Although Augustine’s intention never was to establish a theory of meaning as an independent field of study, he largely employed a theory of signs. Thus, Augustine’s approach to signs is intrinsically meaningful.

A History of Language Philosophies

Author : Lia Formigari
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781588115614
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (156 download)

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Book Synopsis A History of Language Philosophies by : Lia Formigari

Download or read book A History of Language Philosophies written by Lia Formigari and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theory and history combine in this book to form a coherent narrative of the debates on language and languages in the Western world, from ancient classic philosophy to the present, with a final glance at on-going discussions on language as a cognitive tool, on its bodily roots and philogenetic role.An introductory chapter reviews the epistemological areas that converge into, or contribute to, language philosophy, and discusses their methods, relations, and goals. In this context, the status of language philosophy is discussed in its relation to the sciences and the arts of language. Each chapter is followed by a list of suggested readings that refer the reader to the final bibliography."About the author" Lia Formigari, Professor Emeritus at University of Rome, La Sapienza. Her publications include: "Language and Experience in XVIIth-century British Philosophy." Amsterdam & Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 1988; "Signs, Science and Politics. Philosophies of Language in Europe 1700 1830." Amsterdam & Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 1993; "La semiotique empiriste face au kantisme." Liege: Mardaga, 1994.

Divination and Human Nature

Author : Peter T. Struck
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691183457
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Divination and Human Nature written by Peter T. Struck and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divination and Human Nature casts a new perspective on the rich tradition of ancient divination—the reading of divine signs in oracles, omens, and dreams. Popular attitudes during classical antiquity saw these readings as signs from the gods while modern scholars have treated such beliefs as primitive superstitions. In this book, Peter Struck reveals instead that such phenomena provoked an entirely different accounting from the ancient philosophers. These philosophers produced subtle studies into what was an odd but observable fact—that humans could sometimes have uncanny insights—and their work signifies an early chapter in the cognitive history of intuition. Examining the writings of Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, and the Neoplatonists, Struck demonstrates that they all observed how, setting aside the charlatans and swindlers, some people had premonitions defying the typical bounds of rationality. Given the wide differences among these ancient thinkers, Struck notes that they converged on seeing this surplus insight as an artifact of human nature, projections produced under specific conditions by our physiology. For the philosophers, such unexplained insights invited a speculative search for an alternative and more naturalistic system of cognition. Recovering a lost piece of an ancient tradition, Divination and Human Nature illustrates how philosophers of the classical era interpreted the phenomena of divination as a practice closer to intuition and instinct than magic.

Bloomsbury Semiotics Volume 1: History and Semiosis

Author : Jamin Pelkey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350139300
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Bloomsbury Semiotics Volume 1: History and Semiosis written by Jamin Pelkey and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-12 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bloomsbury Semiotics offers a state-of-the-art overview of the entire field of semiotics by revealing its influence on a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. With four volumes spanning theory, method and practice across the disciplines, this definitive reference work emphasizes and strengthens common bonds shared across intellectual cultures, and facilitates the discovery and recovery of meaning across fields. It comprises: Volume 1: History and Semiosis Volume 2: Semiotics in the Natural and Technical Sciences Volume 3: Semiotics in the Arts and Social Sciences Volume 4: Semiotic Movements Written by leading international experts, the chapters provide comprehensive overviews of the history and status of semiotic inquiry across a diverse range of traditions and disciplines. Together, they highlight key contemporary developments and debates along with ongoing research priorities. Providing the most comprehensive and united overview of the field, Bloomsbury Semiotics enables anyone, from students to seasoned practitioners, to better understand and benefit from semiotic insight and how it relates to their own area of study or research. Volume 1: History and Semiosis provides a general and historical orientation to semiotic traditions and their methodologies, followed by an in-depth overview of critical issues in the study of sign systems and semiosis. It ends with an exploration of issues of sign classification and practical application, setting the scene for the remaining volumes.

Patristic Theories of Biblical Interpretation

Author : Tarmo Toom
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316682021
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book Patristic Theories of Biblical Interpretation written by Tarmo Toom and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an in-depth analysis of patristic hermeneutics for those who research, teach, or study the early church and the interpretation of Scripture. It focuses exclusively on Latin authors - such as Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory - whose writings contain substantial discussion of hermeneutics and who were known, read, and cited in the Middle Ages and beyond. In this collection of essays, leading international experts in the field identify key passages on patristic hermeneutical theory and demonstrate how the works of these authors have been fundamental for Latin traditions of biblical interpretation. Patristic Theories of Biblical Interpretation offers a selective yet comprehensive guide to a previously understudied area.

Traces of the Past

Author : Karen Bassi
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472119923
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Traces of the Past written by Karen Bassi and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2016-08-17 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative multidisciplinary study of the relationship between visual perception and temporal meaning in ancient Greek literature and history writing

A Theory of the Aphorism

Author : Andrew Hui
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691210756
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book A Theory of the Aphorism written by Andrew Hui and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aphorisms-- or philosophical short sayings--appear everywhere, from Confucius to Twitter, the Buddha to the Bible, Heraclitus to Nietzsche. Yet despite this ubiquity, the aphorism is the least studied literary form. What are its origins? How did it develop? How do religious or philosophical movements arise from the enigmatic sayings of charismatic leaders? And why do some of our most celebrated modern philosophers use aphoristic fragments to convey their deepest ideas? In A Theory of the Aphorism, Andrew Hui crisscrosses histories and cultures to answer these questions and more. With clarity and precision, Hui demonstrates how aphorisms-- ranging from China, Greece, and biblical antiquity to the European Renaissance and nineteenth century--encompass sweeping and urgent programs of thought. Constructed as literary fragments, aphorisms open new lines of inquiry and horizons of interpretation. In this way, aphorisms have functioned as ancestors, allies, or antagonists to grand systems of philosophy. Encompassing literature, philology, and philosophy, the history of the book and the history of reading, A Theory of the Aphorism invites us to reflect anew on what it means to think deeply about this pithiest of literary forms.

In the Path of the Moon

Author : Francesca Rochberg
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004189610
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book In the Path of the Moon written by Francesca Rochberg and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Path of the Moon offers a collection of essays concerning Babylonian celestial divination. It investigates various aspects of cuneiform celestial omens, horoscopes, and astronomy and their wide-ranging influences on later Hellenistic science and philosophy.

Radix Naturalis

Author : Craig Cramm
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498291155
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Radix Naturalis written by Craig Cramm and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The substance of this present work is liberation semiology. The world's own principle is love (agape). Our fellow creatures are co-symbols of emancipation from human violence. Creation is not, as influential modern thinkers envision, mere material, mere nature, to commodify and dominate for the freedom of an exclusive constituency of our species. The ecological crisis emerges from a tragic misfit between experiments with secular sovereignty and the continuance of Christian historicity. Either the Christian form of life (of time) is replaced, revealing a new ecological worldview, or we revive Christian sovereignty as a creative fit with the actuality of Christian historicity. This work wagers on the latter: Christian civilization is coextensive with ecological civilization.

Outward Signs

Author : Phillip Cary
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190450649
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Outward Signs written by Phillip Cary and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is, along with Inner Grace (OUP 2008), a sequel to Phillip Cary's Augustine and the Invention of the Inner Self (OUP 2000). In this work, Cary argues that Augustine invented the expressionist type of semiotics widely taken for granted in modernity, where words are outward signs giving inadequate expression to what lies within the soul. Augustine uses this new semiotics to explain why the authority of external teaching, including Biblical authority, is useful but temporary, designed to lead to a more permanent Platonist vision granted by the inner teacher, Christ, who is the eternal Wisdom of God. In fact, for Augustine we literally learn nothing from words or other outward signs, which are useful only as admonitions or reminders pointing out the right direction for us to look in order to see for ourselves, with the inner eye of our own mind. Even our knowledge of other people is ultimately a matter of seeing what is in their souls, not putting faith in their words. Cary argues that for Augustine outward signs cannot give us knowledge because all bodily things are fundamentally powerless, incapable of conveying an inner good to the soul. This also leaves no room for a concept of efficacious external means of grace not even the flesh of Christ. The sacraments, which Augustine was the first to describe as outward signs of inner grace, signify what is necessary for salvation but do not confer it. Baptism, for example, is necessary for salvation, but its power is found not in water or word but in the inner unity, charity, and peace of the church. Along with its companion work, Inner Grace, this careful and insightful book breaks new ground in the study of Augustine's theology of grace and sacraments.

Archimedes and the Roman Imagination

Author : Mary Jaeger
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472116304
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Archimedes and the Roman Imagination written by Mary Jaeger and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2008-04-02 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative exploration of the cultural reception of the greatest mathematician of the ancient world

Theory of Knowledge

Author : Mark Burgin
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814522694
Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book Theory of Knowledge written by Mark Burgin and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to synthesize different directions in knowledge studies into a unified theory of knowledge and knowledge processes. It explicates important relations between knowledge and information. It provides the readers with understanding of the essence and structure of knowledge, explicating operations and process that are based on knowledge and vital for society. The book also highlights how the theory of knowledge paves the way for more advanced design and utilization of computers and networks. Contents:IntroductionKnowledge Characteristics and TypologyKnowledge Evaluation and Validation in the Context of Epistemic StructuresKnowledge Structure and Functioning: Microlevel or Quantum Theory of KnowledgeKnowledge Structure and Functioning: Macrolevel or Theory of Average KnowledgeKnowledge Structure and Functioning: Megalevel or Global Theory of KnowledgeKnowledge Production, Acquisition, Engineering, and ApplicationKnowledge, Data, and InformationConclusion Readership: Graduate students and researchers in artificial intelligence and knowledge management.

Grammatical Theory and Philosophy of Language in Antiquity

Author : Pierre Swiggers
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789042911437
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Grammatical Theory and Philosophy of Language in Antiquity written by Pierre Swiggers and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collective volume contains studies in the field of ancient grammar, poetics and philosophy of language. The contributions, written by specialists in the field, focus on central themes in the historiography of ancient linguistics, such as the status of grammar as a discipline in Antiquity, the relationship between poetics and grammatical theory, the constitution and development of the word class system, the descriptive format of grammars, the nature and description of specific word classes, the development of grammatical argumentation. In addition, several methodological issues in the study of ancient grammar and philosophy of language are dealt with: the problem of continuity vs. discontinuity in the history of linguistic thought, the role of schoolroom activities in the development of grammatical description and theory-formation, and problems concerning "tradition", "influence" and "originality" in ancient linguistics. The volume is rounded off with extensive indices of proper names, concepts and technical terms.

The Theory of Will in Classical Antiquity

Author : Albrecht Dihle
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520313100
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Theory of Will in Classical Antiquity written by Albrecht Dihle and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024-03-29 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.

Politics and the Earthly City in Augustine's City of God

Author : Veronica Ogle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108905293
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Politics and the Earthly City in Augustine's City of God written by Veronica Ogle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, Veronica Roberts Ogle offers a new reading of Augustine's political thought as it is presented in City of God. Focusing on the relationship between politics and the earthly city, she argues that a precise understanding of Augustine's vision can only be reached through a careful consideration of the work's rhetorical strategy and sacramental worldview. Ogle draws on Christian theology and political thought, moral philosophy, and semiotic theory to make her argument. Laying out Augustine's understanding of the earthly city, she proceeds by tracing out his rhetorical strategy and concludes by articulating his sacramental vision and the place of politics within it. Ogle thus suggests a new way of determining the status of politics in Augustine's thought. Her study clarifies seemingly contradictory passages in his text, highlights the nuance of his position, and captures the unity of his vision as presented in City of God.