Title Universal languages and scientific taxonomy in the seventeenth century / M.M. Slaughter

Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982

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Description x, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The Rise of Essentialist Taxonomy: 1. The Aristotelian origins; 2. Taxonomy; 3. Nomenclature; Part II. The Development of the Universal Languages: 4. The groundwork; 5. Proposals and schemes for a universal language; 6. Proposals for a philosophical language; 7. Schemes for a philosophical language; 8. The culmination, aftermath and end; Part III. The End of the Taxonomic Episteme: 9. The fall of essentialist taxonomy; Notes; Bibliography; Index Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 262-273 Subject Biology -- Classification -- History -- 17th century. Biology -- Classification -- History. Classification of sciences -- History -- 17th century. Classification of sciences -- History. Language, Universal -- History -- 17th century. Language, Universal -- History. LC no. 81020147 ISBN 0521244773

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