Chateaubriand on Symbolism and Logical Form

JAVIER LEGRIS

MANUSCRITO

CLE-UNICAMP

Lugar: Campinas; Año: 2008 vol. 31 p. 203 - 215

0100-6045

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to frame briefly Chateaubriand´s conception of logical forms in the distinction between logic and language as calculus and logic as universal language, devised by Jean van Heijenoort and later generalized by Jaakko Hintikka. The most important reasons to connect Chateaubriand´s conception with this distinction are perhaps Chateaubriand´s criticism of the linguistic approach to logical forms and the role Chateaubriand assigns to symbolism in his own account.Keywords: Chateaubriand. Calculus and Universal Language. Logical Symbolism