Podcast episode 5: Comparativism in the mid-19th century – August Schleicher and materialism

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History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences

Miscellaneous


In this episode, we look at the expansion of comparative-historical linguistics around the middle of the nineteenth century. We focus in particular on the figure of August Schleicher, the great consolidator of the field, and his “materialist” philosophy of science.…Read more ›