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THE SCOPE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GEORGE BERKELEY’S
LANGUAGE MODEL
by
Amanda Lewis Printz
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirement for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(PHILOSOPHY)
August 2007
Copyright 2007 Amanda Lewis Printz
Object Description
| Title | The scope and significance of George Berkeley's language model |
| Author | Printz, Amanda Lewis |
| Author email | printz@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Philosophy |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-06-08 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-07-09 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Yaffe, Gideon |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Van Cleve, James [illegible] |
| Abstract | As is well known, George Berkeley (1685-1753) believed that nature is best understood as a language, i.e. as a collection of passive, contingently related, non-causal signs. But, this feature of Berkeley's philosophy, which has become known as his language model, has received little attention in the current philosophical literature. The orthodox view is that Berkeley's language model functions strictly as a pedagogical or illustrative device that does not substantively contribute to his philosophical theses. Hence, it is argued, the model does not merit any significant philosophical attention. I disagree and have devoted my dissertation to clarifying the scope and significance of Berkeley's language model. I argue that Berkeley's language model functions as a pedagogical device as well as an investigative tool that Berkeley uses to derive many of his substantive philosophical claims. More specifically, my dissertation attempts to show that the language model plays an important and crucial role in substantiating several of Berkeley's claims about the existence of God, vision, the aims of science, and the nature of sensible objects. This is not to say that Berkeley's model functions strictly as an investigative tool nor do I propose that we deny the illustrative power of the model. Rather, I believe that the model functions as both a pedagogical device and an investigative tool and that we can learn a great deal more about Berkeley's philosophy by paying attention to his application of the language model. |
| Keyword | George Berkeley; language model |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m599 |
| Rights | Printz, Amanda Lewis |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Printz-20070709 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Printz-20070709-0.pdf |
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| Full text | THE SCOPE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GEORGE BERKELEY’S LANGUAGE MODEL by Amanda Lewis Printz A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PHILOSOPHY) August 2007 Copyright 2007 Amanda Lewis Printz |
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