The Linguistic Carnival of Thought by Rein Raud - 9781793646606

The Linguistic Carnival of ThoughtComparative Philosophy and the Dynamics of Language\nAuthor(s): Rein Raud\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield\nISBN-13: 9781793646606, 978-1793646606\nSynopsis\nThe Linguistic Carnival of Thought: Comparative Philosophy and the Dynamics of Language argues that the practice of philosophizing is significantly influenced by linguistic structures. Against the widespread view that all languages are reducible to the same matrix on a deep-structural level, Rein Raud presents ample evidence to the contrary, demonstrating how different strategies of predication, postulation, negation, individuation, and so on vary greatly and present incompatible combinations in natural languages, which are nonetheless suitable for precise and rational argumentation. \nThis book compares the views of language presented by Plato, Kongzi/Xunzi, and Bhartrhari; discusses pansemioticism, or the view that reali.