ABSTRACT

With selections of philosophers from Plotinus to Bruno, this new anthology provides significant learning support and historical context for the readings along with a wide variety of pedagogical assists.Featuring biographical headnotes, reading introductions, study questions, as well as specialPrologues andPhilosophical Overviews, this anthology offers a unique set of critical thinking promtps to help students understand and appreciate the philosophical concepts under discussion.Philosophical Bridges discuss how the work of earlier thinkers would influence philosophers to come and place major movements in a contemporary context, showing students how the schools of philosophy interrelate and how the various philosophies apply to the world today.In addition to this volume of Medieval Philosophy, a comprehensive survey of the whole of Western philosophical history and other individual volumes for each of the major historical eras are also available for specialized courses.

chapter 1|3 pages

Introduction

part I|105 pages

The Emergence and Socialization of the Symbolic Function

chapter 3|47 pages

Development of the Symbolic Function

chapter 4|44 pages

The Socialization of Verbal Symbols

part II|75 pages

Early Syntax

chapter 5|15 pages

Aspects of Syntax

chapter 6|26 pages

The Characteristics of Early Sentences

part III|58 pages

The Development of Speech and Morphology

chapter 8|14 pages

The Nature of Speech

chapter 9|14 pages

Development of Morphology

chapter 10|28 pages

Development of Speech

chapter 11|3 pages

Summary and Integration