Rationality and the literate mind [electronic resource] / Roy Harris

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge advances in communication and linguistic theory ; 7Publication details: New York, NY : Routledge, 2009Description: 1 online resource (xv, 190 p.)ISBN:
  • 6611932631 (electronic bk.)
  • 9786611932633 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780203879481 (electronic bk.)
  • 0203879481 (electronic bk.)
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Contents:
On rationality, the mind and scriptism -- The primitive mind revisited -- Logicality and prelogicality -- Reason and primitive languages -- The great divide -- Aristotle's language myth -- Logic and the tyranny of the alphabet -- Literacy and numeracy -- Interlude : constructing a language-game -- The literate revolution and its consequences -- The fallout from literacy -- Epilogue : rethinking rationality.
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E-book E-book UMPLIB GAMBANG P118.7 .H37 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 0000055871

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Includes bibliographical references and index

On rationality, the mind and scriptism -- The primitive mind revisited -- Logicality and prelogicality -- Reason and primitive languages -- The great divide -- Aristotle's language myth -- Logic and the tyranny of the alphabet -- Literacy and numeracy -- Interlude : constructing a language-game -- The literate revolution and its consequences -- The fallout from literacy -- Epilogue : rethinking rationality.

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