《Universal Languages and Scientific Taxonomy in the Seventeenth Century》是2010年3月出版的圖書，作者是Slaughter, M.M.。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Universal Languages and Scientific Taxonomy in the Seventeenth Century
- 作者：Slaughter, M.M.
- 出版時間：2010年3月
- ISBN：9780521135443
內容簡介
In the seventeenth century, a series of proposals and schemes for an artificial language intended to replace Latin as the international medium of communication gained currency. Fully developed, these schemes consisted of a classification of all known 'things' and a set of self-defining names designed to reflect the divisions of the classification. This attempt to create a specialized and scientific form of language was enthusiastically taken up by a number of eminent scientists of the day, including Bacon, Descartes, Newton and other members of the Royal Society. Dr Slaughter demonstrates that the idea of a universal language was a rational response to the inadequacy of seventeenth-century language, a result of social and cultural changes precipitated by the rise of science, the spread of print and literacy, and the subsequent development of a literate culture. A valuable addition to the study of history and literature, this book also has relevance for contemporary languages with similar problems of development.
