Book III
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Book III is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" that focuses on the nature, use, and limitations of language in human knowledge.
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book section
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philosophical text → |
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general terms are formed by abstraction
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misuse of words leads to confusion in knowledge → words are signs of ideas → |
| author |
John Locke
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| belongsToMovement |
British empiricism
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| concerns |
communication of knowledge
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problems caused by vague and ambiguous terms → relationship between words and ideas → |
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England
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| criticizes |
scholastic use of language
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| firstPublicationYear |
1690
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| focusesOn |
limitations of language
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nature of language → use of language → |
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Of General Terms
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Of Particles → Of Words → Of the Abuse of Words → Of the Names of Mixed Modes and Relations → Of the Names of Simple Ideas → Of the Names of Substances → Of the Remedies of the Foregoing Imperfections and Abuses → Of the Signification of Words → |
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abuse of words
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communication and misunderstanding → general terms → nominal essence → real essence → signs of ideas → |
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Of Words (Book III of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding)
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| influenced |
empiricist theories of meaning
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later philosophy of language → |
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Book IV
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| isPrecededBy |
Book II
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Locke’s theory of knowledge
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| mainTopic |
abuse of language
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language → limits of language in knowledge → signification of words → |
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London
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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| philosophicalDomain |
epistemology
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philosophy of language → |
| publicationCentury |
17th century
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| workLanguage |
English
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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