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Philosophical language — A philosophical language is any constructed language that is constructed from first principles, like a logical language, but may entail a strong claim of absolute perfection or transcendent or even mystical truth rather than satisfaction of… … Wikipedia
Grammar of Assent — An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent is John Henry Newman s seminal work. Though completed in 1870, Newman revealed to friends that it took him 20 years to write the book after many fits and starts.The Grammar was an apologia for faith. Newman… … Wikipedia
general grammar — noun : the study of general principles believed to underlie the grammatical phenomena of all languages called also philosophical grammar, universal grammar … Useful english dictionary
An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language — The best remembered of the numerous works of John Wilkins was An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language (London, 1668), in which he expounds a new universal language for the use of philosophers. This includes ideas later… … Wikipedia
Glossary of philosophical isms — This is a list of topics relating to philosophy that end in ism . compactTOC NOTOC A * Absolutism – the position that in a particular domain of thought, all statements in that domain are either absolutely true or absolutely false: none is true… … Wikipedia
Construction grammar — The term construction grammar (CxG) covers a family of theories, or models, of grammar that are based on the idea that the primary unit of grammar is the grammatical construction rather than the atomic syntactic unit and the rule that combines… … Wikipedia
Universal grammar — is a theory of linguistics postulating principles of grammar shared by all languages, thought to be innate to humans (linguistic nativism). It attempts to explain language acquisition in general, not describe specific languages. Universal grammar … Wikipedia
Lanark Grammar School — is a secondary school in Lanark, Scotland. It was founded in 1183, and celebrated its octocentenary in 1983, including a visit by Princess Anne. Notable former pupils include rally driver Colin McRae. The school draws its pupils from many… … Wikipedia
generative grammar — The theory of language structures first proposed in Chomsky s Syntactic Structures (1957). Just as physics studies the forms of physically possible processes, so linguistics should study the form of possible human languages. This would define the … Philosophy dictionary
The Grammar of Science — is a book by Karl Pearson first published at London by Walter Scott in 1892. It was recommended by Einstein to his friends of the Olympia Academy. Several themes were covered in this book that later became part of the theories of Einstein and… … Wikipedia
