Ebook: Linguistic Relativity Versus Innate Ideas: The Origins of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis in German Thought

Contents:

I. The Hypothesis from Humboldt to Today: The Two Whorf Hypotheses — Humboldt's Hypothesis — Sapir's Position — Whorf's Position — A Modern Position: The Empirical Evidence

II. The Historical Perspective: The Hypothesis from Plato to Locke — Locke versus Leibnitz — Hamann and Herder versus Kant — Linguistic Relativity versus Rationalism