The notion of signification is an important part of Hobbes's philosophy of language. It also has broader relevance, as Hobbes argues that key terms used by his opponents are insignificant. However Hobbes's talk about names' signification is puzzling, as he appears to have advocated conflicting views. This paper argues that Hobbes endorsed two different views of names' signification in two different contexts. When stating his theoretical views about signification, Hobbes claimed that names signify ideas. Elsewhere he talked as if words signified the things they named. Seeing this does not just resolve a puzzle about Hobbes's statements about signification. It also helps us to understand how Hobbes's arguments about insignificant speech work....
The article presents some results of preparing a Polish translation of Thomas Hobbes’s first import...
According to Hobbes sensation is a process in which the organism responds to the stimulation of obje...
Hobbes is often portrayed as a thinker who anticipated modern constructivist ideas of fiction and r...
The notion of signification is an important part of Hobbes's philosophy of language. It also has bro...
Hobbes repeatedly expressed concerns about moral and political language, e.g., about the bad consequ...
Against the dominant view in contemporary Hobbes scholarship, I argue that Hobbes’ philosophy of lan...
Thomas Hobbes was, rather famously, a nominalist. The core of that nominalism is the belief that the...
Thomas Hobbes was, rather famously, a nominalist. The core of that nominalism is the belief that the...
Language was central to Hobbes's understanding of human beings and their mental abilities, and criti...
This paper addresses the following questions: (a) what did Locke mean when he said that \u27words si...
A neglected portion of Hobbes ’ philosophy is his philosophy of language and the resultant theory of...
Language is important in several ways in Hobbes’s philosophy. Hobbes regards use of language as a si...
The aim of this book is not to trace the changing fortunes of the interpretation of one of the most ...
In both linguistics and philosophy, proper names have sometimes posed a perplexing problem, as prope...
Hobbes' education in the literary culture of English Renaissance humanism has been overlooked as an ...
The article presents some results of preparing a Polish translation of Thomas Hobbes’s first import...
According to Hobbes sensation is a process in which the organism responds to the stimulation of obje...
Hobbes is often portrayed as a thinker who anticipated modern constructivist ideas of fiction and r...
The notion of signification is an important part of Hobbes's philosophy of language. It also has bro...
Hobbes repeatedly expressed concerns about moral and political language, e.g., about the bad consequ...
Against the dominant view in contemporary Hobbes scholarship, I argue that Hobbes’ philosophy of lan...
Thomas Hobbes was, rather famously, a nominalist. The core of that nominalism is the belief that the...
Thomas Hobbes was, rather famously, a nominalist. The core of that nominalism is the belief that the...
Language was central to Hobbes's understanding of human beings and their mental abilities, and criti...
This paper addresses the following questions: (a) what did Locke mean when he said that \u27words si...
A neglected portion of Hobbes ’ philosophy is his philosophy of language and the resultant theory of...
Language is important in several ways in Hobbes’s philosophy. Hobbes regards use of language as a si...
The aim of this book is not to trace the changing fortunes of the interpretation of one of the most ...
In both linguistics and philosophy, proper names have sometimes posed a perplexing problem, as prope...
Hobbes' education in the literary culture of English Renaissance humanism has been overlooked as an ...
The article presents some results of preparing a Polish translation of Thomas Hobbes’s first import...
According to Hobbes sensation is a process in which the organism responds to the stimulation of obje...
Hobbes is often portrayed as a thinker who anticipated modern constructivist ideas of fiction and r...