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Explore medieval Irish philosophy of language and early Irish law through this 57-minute podcast episode featuring Dr Viktoriia Krivoshchekova, an O'Donovan postdoctoral scholar at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Discover how cognitive linguistics can be applied to study Irish texts, examining the intersection of mind, language, and legal systems in medieval Ireland. Learn about key medieval Irish texts including Auraicept na nÉces (The Scholars' Primer), the Würzburg glosses on the Pauline Epistles, and the Milan glosses on the Psalms, while exploring connections to linguistic theories from Ferdinand de Saussure and Gottlob Frege. Delve into the role of conceptual metaphor theory in understanding medieval Irish thought, the application of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis to historical linguistics, and the significance of legal texts like Bretha Éitgid (Judgements of Inadvertence) in understanding medieval Irish concepts of mind and responsibility. Gain insights into how medieval Irish scholars approached questions of meaning, reference, and the relationship between language and thought, with discussion of important manuscripts including the Book of Armagh and Leabhar Breac, and understand the broader context of medieval Irish intellectual culture within European scholarly traditions.
