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Rationality and the literate mind / Roy Harris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, Roy, 1931-
- Series:
- Routledge advances in communication and linguistic theory ; 7.
- Routledge advances in communication and linguistic theory ; 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literacy--Philosophy.
- Literacy.
- Language and logic.
- Language and languages--Philosophy.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 190 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2009.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-185) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415999014
- 0415999014
- 9780203879481
- 0203879481
- OCLC:
- 291193369
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