A Medieval Semiotic: Reference and Representation in John of St. Thomas' Theory of Signs by Stoffers, Maria

A Medieval Semiotic: Reference and Representation in John of St. Thomas' Theory of Signs (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820421544)

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A Medieval Semiotic: Reference and Representation in John of St. Thomas' Theory of Signs by Stoffers, Maria

A Medieval Semiotic: Reference and Representation in John of St. Thomas' Theory of Signs

$59.95
A Medieval Semiotic: Reference and Representation in John of St. Thomas' Theory of Signs by Stoffers, Maria

A Medieval Semiotic: Reference and Representation in John of St. Thomas' Theory of Signs

$59.95
Format: Hardcover
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This work is both an analysis of one of the most important theories on signs and signification of the Middle Ages and a spirited defense of the objectivity of knowledge. The author compares the sign theory of the medieval epistemologist John of St. Thomas to that of the great Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure. He finds that John of St. Thomas' theory endures as the more philosophically compelling because it describes the relationship between reference and representation in a manner that shows why thought and language must be fundamentally objective. The medieval theorist stands in opposition to the subjectivism and irrationalism associated with much of current research in semiotics.

Author: Maria Stoffers,Edward J. Furton
ISBN-10: 0820421545
ISBN-13: 9780820421544
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 06/01/1995
Pages: 202
Format: Hardcover
By Maria Stoffers
By Maria Stoffers
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The Author: Edward J. Furton is an assistant professor of Philosophy at Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Missouri. A native of Michigan, he received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Author of several articles for professional journals, he was also Assistant Editor to volume 18 of The New Catholic Encyclopedia.

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