The Figural and the literal : problems of language in the history of science and philosophy, 1630-1800 / edited by Andrew E. Benjamin, Geoffrey N. Cantor, and John R.R. Christie.

Date:
[1987], ©1987
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Manchester : Manchester University Press, [1987], ©1987.

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229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Includes bibliographies

Contents

Introduction / John R.R. Christie -- Descartes' fable / Andrew E. Benjamin -- Hobbes's two theories of meaning / George MacDonald Ross -- Robert Boyle / Jan V. Golinski -- The ark in flames / Tony Davies -- The perfect cheat / Geoff Bennington -- Weighing light / Geoffrey N. Cantor -- Figures of the unthinkable / Michael Moriarty -- Polite culture in commercial society / Stephen Copley -- Adam Smith's metaphysics of language / John R.R. Christie.

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Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: George's

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  • 0719014867