On the trail of John Calvin's philosophy of language: a few notes on his commentary on Genesis 10 and 11
This essay attempts to discover John Calvin’s view on the nature and use of human language. It suggests a strategy for establishing a few building blocks of his philosophy of language. For this purpose Calvin’s Commentary on Genesis is analysed and commented on. Seven items to be incorporated in th...
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2004-01-01
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This essay attempts to discover John Calvin’s view on the nature and use of human language. It suggests a strategy for establishing a few building blocks of his philosophy of language. For this purpose Calvin’s Commentary on Genesis is analysed and commented on. Seven items to be incorporated in the structure are found to be important but inadequate. As a follow-up the author refers to the contemporary paradigm shift of linking the philosophy of language to contextual studies, pragmatics, rhetoric, ethics and hermeneutics.
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| spelling | doaj-art-08ede7ead7c44fae858a2a96bf4350352025-02-11T12:32:53ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Theologica1015-87582309-90892004-01-01510.38140/at.v0i5.2018On the trail of John Calvin's philosophy of language: a few notes on his commentary on Genesis 10 and 11N. T. van der Merwe0Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education This essay attempts to discover John Calvin’s view on the nature and use of human language. It suggests a strategy for establishing a few building blocks of his philosophy of language. For this purpose Calvin’s Commentary on Genesis is analysed and commented on. Seven items to be incorporated in the structure are found to be important but inadequate. As a follow-up the author refers to the contemporary paradigm shift of linking the philosophy of language to contextual studies, pragmatics, rhetoric, ethics and hermeneutics. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/2018 |
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| title | On the trail of John Calvin's philosophy of language: a few notes on his commentary on Genesis 10 and 11 |
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| title_short | On the trail of John Calvin's philosophy of language: a few notes on his commentary on Genesis 10 and 11 |
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