Logic And the Art of Memory
Subtitle: The Quest for a Universal Language (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers)
Contributors: Stephen Clucas (Translator)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Published: March 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780826488619
Subjects: Philosophy of language; Philosophy of mind; General; Art; Philosophy; Logic; Criticism; History; Language, Universal; Logic, Modern; Memory (Philosophy)
First sentence: In one of the fundamental works of modern philosophy, written in the midst of the Enlightenment, David Hume, in his discussion of common sense and memory argued that while the defects of common sense could not be remedied by art or invention, the defects of memory 'both in the field of business and the field of studies' could be minimized or eliminated altogether.