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Reid on the priority of natural language
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2020
Abstract
Thomas Reid distinguished between natural and artificial language and argued that natural language has a very specific sort of priority over artificial language. This paper critically interprets Reid's discussion, extracts a Reidian explanatory argument for the priority of natural language, and places Reid's thought in the broad tradition of Cartesian linguistics.
- Type
- Mind, Language, Metaphysics
- Information
- Canadian Journal of Philosophy , Volume 41 , Issue S1: New Essays on Reid , July 2011 , pp. 214 - 223
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- Copyright © The Authors 2011
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