

HoP 253 - Let Me Count the Ways - Speculative Grammar
May 8, 2016
Explore the historical development of grammar in the medieval education system and the challenges faced by grammarians. Discover the modists, a group of thinkers who believed in the universality of grammar and its relationship to our ways of thinking. Delve into the concept of multiple modes of being in language and their significance. Learn about Radolfis's moderate realism and its connection to language, concept, and reality.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
The Evolution of Grammar in Medieval Education and the Search for Universal Features
02:47 • 4min
The Modists and the Modes of Signification
07:06 • 1min
Modes of Being and Signification in Language
08:28 • 10min
Moderate Realism and the Tools of Speculative Grammar
18:02 • 3min