Language and process : words, Whitehead and the world / Michael Halewood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halewood, Michael, author.

Series:

Intersections in continental and analytic philosophy.

Intersections in continental and analytic philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 166 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Michael Halewood uses ideas from analytic philosophy, continental philosophy and social theory to look at how language relates to the world, and the world to language. He primarily draws on the work of Alfred North Whitehead, and incorporating the ideas of Gilles Deleuze, John Dewey and Luce Irigaray, to view the world as 'in process'.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

1 Introduction: The Problem of Words and Things

2 Nouns, Names and Signs: From Frege to Saussure

3 Adjectives: The Properties of the World and the ‘Bifurcation of Nature’

4 Verbs: Deleuze on Infinitives, Events and Process

5 Adverbs: Dewey on the Qualities of Existence

6 Prepositions: Whitehead on the ‘Withness’ of the Body

7 Gender and Personal Pronouns: She, He, It and They

8 Tone, Force and Rhetoric: Capitalism, Theology and Grammar

9 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Oct 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4744-4913-1

1-4744-4912-3

OCLC:

1306542218