Rationality and the Literate Mind
Author:   Roy Harris, Jr. (University of Oxford, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415850230


Pages:   206
Publication Date:   23 May 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Roy Harris, Jr. (University of Oxford, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.317kg
ISBN:  

9780415850230


ISBN 10:   0415850231
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   23 May 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Series Editor’s Forward Preface Chapter 1 Rationality, the mind and scriptism Chapter 2 The primitive mind revisited Chapter 3 Logicality and prelogicality Chapter 4 Reason and primitive languages Chapter 5 The great divide Chapter 6 Aristotle’s language myth Chapter 7 Logic and the tyranny of the alphabet Chapter 8 Literacy and numeracy Chapter 9 Interlude: constructing a language-game Chapter 10 The literate revolution and its consequences Chapter 11 The fallout from literacy Chapter 12 Epilogue: rethinking rationality Bibliography Index

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Roy Harris is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics in the University of Oxford and an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund Hall.

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