Rationality and the literate mind
By: Roy Harris.
Series: Routledge advances in communication and linguistic theory -- 7
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780415999014; 9780203879481
Subjects: Literacy -- Philosophy; Language and logic; Language and languages -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rationality, the mind and scriptism; title: The primitive mind revisited; title: Logicality and prelogicality; title: Reason and primitive languages; title: The great divide; title: Aristotle's language myth; title: Logic and the tyranny of the alphabet; title: Literacy and numeracy; title: Interlude: constructing a language-game; title: The literate revolution and its consequences; title: The fallout from literacy; title: Epilogue: rethinking rationality.