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Reminds me of this attempt to create a "philosophical language" in the 17th century. I learned about it in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, turned out it was a
by waterlesscloud 11y ago
Reminds me of this attempt to create a "philosophical language" in the 17th century. I learned about it in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, turned out it was a real thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Essay_towards_a_Real_Character_and_a_Philosophical_Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Essay_towards_a_Real_Charac...
- tpeo 11y agoThere were many such attempts since Raymond Lull, and even Descartes toyed the notion for a while, but I'd more readily think of Leibniz's Characteristica Universalis, whose intent was to outright reduce language processing to calculation.
- Jun8 11y agoUmberto Eco's The Search for the Perfect Language is a great read on this subject (http://www.amazon.com/Search-Perfect-Language-Making-Europe/dp/0631205101 http://www.amazon.com/Search-Perfect-Language-Making-Europe/...)