How language became a tool: the reconceptualisation of language and the empirical turn in the seventeenth century in seventeenth-century Britain

Miles Alexander James MacLeod

How language became a tool: the reconceptualisation of language and the empirical turn in the seventeenth century in seventeenth-century Britain

Miles Alexander James MacLeod

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Language as a Scientific Tool : Shaping Scientific Language across Time and National Traditions
Editors	Miles MacLeod, Rocío G Sumillera, Jan Surman, Ekaterina Smirnova
Number of pages	17
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Routledge
Publication date	2016
Pages	25-41
ISBN (Print)	9781138101050
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
MoE publication type	B2 Book chapter

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Name	Routledge Studies in Cultural History

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611 Philosophy

Finnish Centre of Excellence in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Interdisciplinarity, cognitive tools and future prospects
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01/01/2012 → 31/12/2017
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MacLeod, M. A. J. (2016). How language became a tool: the reconceptualisation of language and the empirical turn in the seventeenth century in seventeenth-century Britain. In M. MacLeod, R. G. Sumillera, J. Surman, & E. Smirnova (Eds.), Language as a Scientific Tool : Shaping Scientific Language across Time and National Traditions (pp. 25-41). (Routledge Studies in Cultural History). Routledge.

MacLeod, Miles Alexander James. / How language became a tool : the reconceptualisation of language and the empirical turn in the seventeenth century in seventeenth-century Britain. Language as a Scientific Tool : Shaping Scientific Language across Time and National Traditions. editor / Miles MacLeod ; Rocío G Sumillera ; Jan Surman ; Ekaterina Smirnova. New York : Routledge, 2016. pp. 25-41 (Routledge Studies in Cultural History).

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How language became a tool: the reconceptualisation of language and the empirical turn in the seventeenth century in seventeenth-century Britain. / MacLeod, Miles Alexander James.
Language as a Scientific Tool : Shaping Scientific Language across Time and National Traditions. ed. / Miles MacLeod; Rocío G Sumillera; Jan Surman; Ekaterina Smirnova. New York: Routledge, 2016. p. 25-41 (Routledge Studies in Cultural History).

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MacLeod MAJ. How language became a tool: the reconceptualisation of language and the empirical turn in the seventeenth century in seventeenth-century Britain. In MacLeod M, Sumillera RG, Surman J, Smirnova E, editors, Language as a Scientific Tool : Shaping Scientific Language across Time and National Traditions. New York: Routledge. 2016. p. 25-41. (Routledge Studies in Cultural History).

How language became a tool: the reconceptualisation of language and the empirical turn in the seventeenth century in seventeenth-century Britain

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Finnish Centre of Excellence in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Interdisciplinarity, cognitive tools and future prospects

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