Naslov
The Problem of Grounding Language as s Specific Feature of Man

Autori
Knežić, Ivana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
25. dani Frane Petrića / Babel, Krešimir ; Barišić, Pavo ; Matijević, Mira - Zagreb : Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo, 2016, 68-69

Skup
25. dani Frane Petrića

Mjesto i datum
Cres, Hrvatska, 25.09.2016. - 28.09.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Thomas Hobbes ; Thomas Reid ; Language ; Human Nature

Sažetak
In our presentation we explore the possibility of grounding language as a specific human ability by analysing and comparing positions of two representatives of modern British philosophy on this subject. Thomas Hobbes and Thomas Reid share their understanding of language as a specific human ability through which man expresses his thoughts. However, according to Hobbes, 69 language is not only a specific human ability, but also the basic ability of man, which enables him to form all the other abilities through which he elevates himself above the world of animals. Language, therefore, is not something that arises out of human nature, but just the opposite, something which, in a certain way, conditions the emergence of the humanity itself. At the same time, the origin of the language itself remains insufficiently explained in the thought of this English philosopher. On the other side, Reid grounds all the languages of the world, as artificial products of men, in the human nature itself, more precisely, in something he calls “natural language”, language common to all humans as beings endowed with reason and will. In this presentation, the two solutions offered by the above-mentioned British philosophers will be critically evaluated through their comparative advantages and disadvantages.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filozofija

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