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Ethics of writing / Carlo Sini ; translated by Silvia Benso, with Brian Schroeder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sini, Carlo, 1933-
- Series:
- SUNY series in contemporary Italian philosophy.
- SUNY series in contemporary Italian philosophy
- Standardized Title:
- Etica della scrittura. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethics.
- Thought and thinking.
- Writing--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Writing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (189 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : SUNY Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this groundbreaking work, Carlo Sini, one of Italy's leading contemporary philosophers, brings American pragmatism to the Milan school of phenomenology. Appearing in English for the first time, this book explores the constitutive role of alphabetic writing in the emergence of dominant forms of knowledge in the Western world (philosophy, mathematics, science, and historiography). Taking stock of the contingent nature of what are held as logical truths, he offers an ethical framework for considering different ways of thinking about writing, focusing on possibilities involving "practice" as a basis for a renewal of theoretical philosophy. Such a framework, Sini argues, opens the door for more productive and ethical communication with non-Western cultures, and indeed for a reconsideration of forms of knowledge beyond mere writing.
- Contents:
- ""Ethics of Writing""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I. Logic and Writing: The Content of the Form""; ""1. The Question""; ""2. Writing""; ""3. Archewriting""; ""4. The Content of the Form""; ""PART II.The Tradition of Thought""; ""5. The Tradition of Philosophy""; ""6. The Task of Thinking""; ""7. Practices""; ""8. The Ethics of Thinking""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438428574
- 143842857X
- 9781441629753
- 1441629750
- OCLC:
- 469220743
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