Philosophical naturalism of F.W.J. Schelling in the light of naturalism conception of language
This article deals with one of the sources of the naturalistic conception of language connected with philosophical naturalism of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling. The paper is devoted to the philosophy of nature of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling in the comparison with the naturalistic conception of language of August Schleicher, Friedrich Max Müller, Abel Hovelaque, Honoré Joseph Chavée, William Dwight Whitney and of some other scientists belonging to the natural school of linguistics. The article touches upon the problem of language as living organism, the problem of genealogical and typological classifications of languages, the problem of synchrony and diachrony in linguistics and some other related questions from the point of view of linguists-naturalists and the conception of naturalistic philosophy of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling. The analytical review showed that some elements of naturalistic philosophy of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling were assumed as a basis of naturalistic conception of language of August Schleicher, Friedrich Max Müller, Abel Hovelaque, Honoré Joseph Chavée, William Dwight Whitney.