Mercury, Or, The Secret and Swift Messenger
Mercury, Or, The Secret and Swift Messenger

Author: John Wilkins

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 9027232768

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Works of the Right Reverend John Wilkins' (1708). Together with an abstract of Dr. Wilkin's 'Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Languages, ' a sketch of the life of the author and an account of his writings. With an introductory essay on the Universal Language Movement in England, France and Germany in the 17th and 18th century by Brigitte Asbach-Schnitker.

John Wilkins and 17th-Century British Linguistics
John Wilkins and 17th-Century British Linguistics

Author: Joseph L. Subbiondo

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1992-05-07

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9027277230

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In this reader, 19 articles have been collected that bring out the central position of John Wilkins and his Essay Toward a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language (1668) in the history of ideas in 17th-century Britain.

The Mirror of Information in Early Modern England
The Mirror of Information in Early Modern England

Author: James Dougal Fleming

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-10-26

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 331940301X

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This book examines the seventeenth-century project for a "real" or "universal" character: a scientific and objective code. Focusing on the Essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language (1668) of the polymath John Wilkins, Fleming provides a detailed explanation of how a real character actually was supposed to work. He argues that the period movement should not be understood as a curious episode in the history of language, but as an illuminating avatar of information technology. A non-oral code, supposedly amounting to a script of things, the character was to support scientific discourse through a universal database, in alignment with cosmic truths. In all these ways, J.D. Fleming argues, the world of the character bears phenomenological comparison to the world of modern digital information—what has been called the infosphere.

The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right REV. John Wilkins, Late Lord Bishop of Chester
The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right REV. John Wilkins, Late Lord Bishop of Chester

Author: John Wilkins

Publisher:

Published: 2015-02-15

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9781296038854

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The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right REV. John Wilkins, Late Lord Bishop of Chester
The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right REV. John Wilkins, Late Lord Bishop of Chester

Author: Reader in Greek Literature John Wilkins

Publisher: Andesite Press

Published: 2015-08-08

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9781296569112

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.