Philosophical Languages in the Seventeenth Century: Dalgarno, Wilkins, Leibniz

Abbreviations. Preface. 1: Introduction. 2: The Background. 2.1. A new era. 2.2. Aspects of the intellectual context. 2.3. Plans and projects: universal writing. 2.4. Proposals for a philosophical language. 3: Dalgarno: the Art of Signs. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. A universal character and a philosophical language. 3.3. The emergence of the philosophical language. 3.4. The lexicon of the philosophical language. 3.5. The grammar of the philosophical language. 3.6. Concluding remarks. 4: Wilkins: the Art of Things. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Aims and principles. 4.3. The tables. 4.4. The lexicon. 4.5. Natural grammar. 4.6.Concluding remarks. 5: Leibniz: the Art of Thinking. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. the art of combinations. 5.3. Plan and purpose of the philosophical language. 5.4. Words, ideas, things. 5.5. Preliminary studies. 5.6. Leibniz, Wilkins, Dalgarno. 6: Concluding Remarks. References. Index.