"E io in Napoli vidi un cane polacco…": ancora sui linguaggi animali, da Gesner a Campanella (2017)
Gensini, Stefano (Author)
Bruniana & Campanelliana: Ricerche Filosofiche e Materiali Storico-testuali
Volume: 23
Issue: 2
Pages: 639-649
Beginning with Campanella's "Del senso delle cose e della magia," this paper offers a summary view of the issue of animal language from ca. 1550 to 1637, when Descartes' "Discours de la méthode" was published. It summarizes three philosophical orientations: the concept of vis aestimativa developed by Thomas Aquinas and followers (animal mind and communication is a matter of instinct); the naturalistic position based on Aristotle's biological works and on Plutarch and Porphyrius (animals display intelligence and communication); Montaigne's radical approach (animal and human language are a kind of continuum). Campanella took sides with the naturalistic party, admitting that animals share discourse capacities, although on a limited scale. His position is compared to the traditional stance taken by Angelo Rocca (1591) and to the experimental approach of Fabrici of Acquapendente (1603).
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