In this thesis I argue against the contemporary scholars of Thomas Hobbes who claim that Hobbes's theory of language was an anticipation of modern semantic theories of truth. I claim that a more valuable comparison is to the logical positivism of A.J. Ayer. In seeing Hobbes's theory of language as an anticipation of twentieth-century logical positivism, it becomes evident that the emphasis should be not on Hobbes's theory of language only, but on the idea that Ayer and Hobbes share in a philosophy, or science, consisting of both empirical observation and knowledge that is made necessary and true (and thereby made useful) by propositional language and deductive science. The elements of logical positivism in Hobbes's work also have much bea...
This paper considers an unusual break from that condescension – in Hobbes’s civil philosophy. Althou...
This essay will present Hobbes as the most consistent philosopher of the 17th century, and show that...
The theoretical philosophy of Thomas Hobbes has been depreciated as a typical dogmatism. His politic...
A neglected portion of Hobbes ’ philosophy is his philosophy of language and the resultant theory of...
This article shows how the specific interaction and mutual dependence between language and curiosity...
Thomas Hobbes was a English philosopher, born 1588 and died 1679. He was considered to be one of the...
In an age when political thinkers were writing books full of quotations of ancient and modern author...
According to Hobbes's view, men are not naturally sociable, but competitive with one another and act...
The classic story told about modern political philosophy paints Hobbes and Locke as contrasting figu...
Thomas Hobbes The natural condition of mankind A study of the Latin edition of Th. Hobbes's Leviatha...
Thomas Hobbes is an early precursor of legal positivism, a system which achieved full shape only in...
Two principal issues interact and overlap in this penetrating analysis: the relationship between Hob...
This paper argues that Thomas Hobbes’s theory contains an account of progressive defragmentation and...
My dissertation consists of two parts. Part I "Unleashing the Leviathan" attempts to free Hobbes's m...
Thesis advisor: Susan ShellOne of Hobbes’s most provocative claims is that he is the first to articu...
This paper considers an unusual break from that condescension – in Hobbes’s civil philosophy. Althou...
This essay will present Hobbes as the most consistent philosopher of the 17th century, and show that...
The theoretical philosophy of Thomas Hobbes has been depreciated as a typical dogmatism. His politic...
A neglected portion of Hobbes ’ philosophy is his philosophy of language and the resultant theory of...
This article shows how the specific interaction and mutual dependence between language and curiosity...
Thomas Hobbes was a English philosopher, born 1588 and died 1679. He was considered to be one of the...
In an age when political thinkers were writing books full of quotations of ancient and modern author...
According to Hobbes's view, men are not naturally sociable, but competitive with one another and act...
The classic story told about modern political philosophy paints Hobbes and Locke as contrasting figu...
Thomas Hobbes The natural condition of mankind A study of the Latin edition of Th. Hobbes's Leviatha...
Thomas Hobbes is an early precursor of legal positivism, a system which achieved full shape only in...
Two principal issues interact and overlap in this penetrating analysis: the relationship between Hob...
This paper argues that Thomas Hobbes’s theory contains an account of progressive defragmentation and...
My dissertation consists of two parts. Part I "Unleashing the Leviathan" attempts to free Hobbes's m...
Thesis advisor: Susan ShellOne of Hobbes’s most provocative claims is that he is the first to articu...
This paper considers an unusual break from that condescension – in Hobbes’s civil philosophy. Althou...
This essay will present Hobbes as the most consistent philosopher of the 17th century, and show that...
The theoretical philosophy of Thomas Hobbes has been depreciated as a typical dogmatism. His politic...