The Linguistic Carnival of Thought
Comparative Philosophy and the Dynamics of Language
The Linguistic Carnival of Thought
Comparative Philosophy and the Dynamics of Language
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The 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.
This book compares the views of language presented by Plato, Kongzi/Xunzi, and Bhartrhari; discusses “pansemioticism,” or the view that reality itself is significant (addressing Yijing, East Asian Buddhism, the Kabbalah, the philosophies of Peirce, Derrida, and others); juxtaposes the set-theoretical ontology of Badiou and the mereological worldview of Huayan Buddhism; and discusses various critiques of the idea of “truth” (Wittgenstein, Deleuze, Foucault) and a way to accommodate them through the logic of Dignaga, among other topics. With examples from languages and philosophical traditions across the world, the book is an ideal introduction to the problematic for monolingual speakers of English and a scintillating exploration for polyglots.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Language, Languaging, Philosophy, Philosophizing
Chapter 1. Languaging Philosophically
Chapter 2. The Description
Chapter 3. Linguistic Relativity
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Part II: Philosophy as a Cultural Practice
Chapter 4. Cultural Practices
Chapter 5. Philosophy and the Networks of Power
Chapter 6. Philosophizing vs “Philosophy”: In Defense of a Flexible (Re)Definition
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Part III: Language as a Medium of Conceptualization
Chapter 7. Linguistic Strategies of Worldbuilding
Chapter 8. Sets, Members, Wholes, Parts
Chapter 9. Object- And Event-Orientation: Japanese Notions of “Thingness”
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Part IV: Reality, Signification, Truth
Chapter 10. Names and Things: Three Early Views
Chapter 11. Pansemioticism
Chapter 12. Telling the Truth
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Afterword
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| Published | Sep 04 2025 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781793646613 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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