Rationality and the literate mind

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Main Author: Harris, Roy, 1931-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2009.
Series:Routledge advances in communication and linguistic theory ; 7.
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Table of Contents:
  • On rationality, the mind and scriptism
  • The primitive mind revisited
  • Logicality and prelogicality
  • Reason and primitive languages
  • The great divide
  • Aristotle's language myth
  • Logic and the tyranny of the alphabet
  • Literacy and numeracy
  • Interlude : constructing a language-game
  • The literate revolution and its consequences
  • The fallout from literacy
  • Epilogue : rethinking rationality.