Rationality and the Literate Mind

Autor*innen

• Roy Harris

Reihen

• Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory

Parameter

• 190 Seiten
• 7 Lesestunden

• Linguistik

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The book presents a provocative argument that reason is not an inherent trait of the human mind but rather a construct shaped by the evolution of literacy in European cultures. Harris critiques the traditional view of rational thought, tracing its development from Classical Greece to contemporary symbolic logic, suggesting that Western notions of reason are deeply intertwined with cultural and historical contexts rather than being universally innate.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Einband: Hardcover