Self-expression / Mitchell S. Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Mitchell S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Expression (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mitchell S. Green presents a systematic philosophical study of self-expression - a pervasive phenomenon of the everyday life of humans and other species, which has received scant attention in its own right. He explores the ways in which self-expression reveals our states of thought, feeling, and experience, and he defends striking new theses concerning a wide range of fascinating topics: our ability to perceive emotion in others, artistic expression, empathy, expressive language,meaning, facial expression, and speech acts. He draws on insights from evolutionary game theory, ethology, the philo

Contents:

The significance of self-expression

Expression delineated

Showing and meaning

Meaningful expression

Facial expression

Convention and idiosyncrasy

Expressive qualities.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-223) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-969227-0

1-281-15404-0

9786611154042

0-19-153626-1

OCLC:

213487340