[PDF] Pandora And Occam eBook

Author : Horst Ruthrof
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,46 MB
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 135172102X

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First published in 1992, this book evokes Pandora and Occam as metaphoric corner posts in an argument about language as discourse and in doing so, brings analytic philosophy to bear on issues of Continental philosophy, with attention to linguistic, semiological, and semiotic concerns. Instead of regarding meanings as guaranteed by definitions, the author argues that linguistic expressions are schemata directing us more or less loosely toward the activation of nonlinguistic sign systems. Ruthrof draws up a heuristic hierarchy of discourses, with literary expression at the top, descending through communication-reduced reference and speech acts to formal logic and digital communication at the bottom. The book offers multiple perspectives from which to review traditional theories of meaning, working from a wide variety of theorists, including Peirce, Frege, Husserl, Derrida, Lyotard, Davidson, and Searle. In Ruthrof’s analysis, Pandora and Occam illustrate the opposition between the suppressed rich materiality of culturally saturated discourse and the stark ideality of formal sign systems. This book will be of interest to those studying linguistics, literature and philosophy.

Author : Horst Ruthrof
Publisher :
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 27,33 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780253349958

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Evoking Pandora and Occam as metaphoric corner posts in an argument about language as discourse, Horst Ruthrof brings analytic philosophy to bear on issues of Continental philosophy, with attention to linguistic, semiological, and semiotic concerns. Instead of regarding meanings as guaranteed by definitions, the author argues that linguistic expressions are schemata directing us more or less loosely toward the activation of nonlinguistic sign systems. Ruthrof draws up a heuristic hierarchy of discourses, with literary expression at the top, descending through communication-reduced reference and speech acts to formal logic and digital communication at the bottom. The book offers multiple perspectives from which to review traditional theories of meaning, working from a wide variety of theorists, including Peirce, Frege, Husserl, Derrida, Lyotard, Davidson, and Searle.

Author : Horst Ruthrof
Publisher :
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,64 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Criticism
ISBN :

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Evoking Pandora and Occam as metaphoric corner posts in an argument about language as discourse, Horst Ruthrof brings analytic philosophy to bear on issues of Continental philosophy, with attention to linguistic, semiological, and semiotic concerns. Instead of regarding meanings as guaranteed by definitions, the author argues that linguistic expressions are schemata directing us more or less loosely toward the activation of nonlinguistic sign systems. Ruthrof draws up a heuristic hierarchy of discourses, with literary expression at the top, descending through communication-reduced reference and speech acts to formal logic and digital communication at the bottom. The book offers multiple perspectives from which to review traditional theories of meaning, working from a wide variety of theorists, including Peirce, Frege, Husserl, Derrida, Lyotard, Davidson, and Searle.

Author : Michael Seats
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 35,76 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780739127254

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This book offers a philosophical intervention in the discussion of the relationship between Murakami's fiction and contemporary Japanese culture. It demonstrates how Murakami's first and later trilogies utilize the structure of the simulacrum, a second-order representation, to develop a complex critique of contemporary Japanese culture. By outlining the critical-fictional contours of the 'Murakami Phenomenon, ' the discussion confronts the vexing question of Japanese modernity and subjectivity within the contexts of the national-cultural imaginary. The author finds mirroring comparisons between Murakami's works and practices in current media-entertainment technologies, indicating a new politics of representation.

Author : G. Nigel Gilbert
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 12,38 MB
Release : 1984-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521254182

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This book proposes a fresh approach to sociological analysis and, in particular, to the analysis of scientific culture. It moves away from previous studies, which have tended to focus on scientists' actions and beliefs to show that analysis of scientific discourse can be productive and revealing. The book demonstrates that scientists produce varying accounts of their actions and beliefs in different social situations. Rather than attempting to extract one coherent interpretation from these diverse accounts, the study identifies two basic scientific repertoires and shows how scientists use them to create their discourse. This provides a point of departure for more complex analytical topics. Discourse analysis is applied to show how different degrees of 'consensus' can be ascribed to the same group of scientists at a given moment in time through the application of standard interpretive techniques. Finally, discourse analysis is used to explore scientists' humour, a neglected topic that is shown to provide important insights into the normally hidden interpretive regularities which underlie the cultural diversity of science.

Author : Brandi Darnell Eade
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 29,5 MB
Release : 2015-06-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1491770120

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The heavens grieve as Mother Earth frantically fights for her life. The explosions rippled in the heavens allowing destruction to ensue. The undulant impact caused pulsars, quasars, red and blue giant stars to detonate far too soon. The discharge sent repercussions the neighboring nebulas. This place where birth is given becomes a cradle of death. With the last star winking out all of the heavens go dark. Deaths insatiable appetite is heading for Earth. Reaching out its hand and overcome with the desire for human obliteration. One child will stand-alone possessing the power of all universes bringing time and space to a standstill. Born with two souls, blessed with three graces, and having a predators heart the heavenly stars will cry out this childs name. Life ever present and death waning. Lifeblood springs from royalty and the seer of dreams. Where there is despair, hope will shine through. This child is a castle that stands tall in the middle of a storm sheltering all in need. Its a slayer of monsters, and a warrior for the common man. Spiritual assassins sent to devour this child, breaking its mind is a must do. So begins the battle of wills.

Author : Horst Ruthrof
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : pages
File Size : 40,3 MB
Release : 1997-12-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1487598246

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In traditional semantics, the human body tends to be ignored in the process of constructing meaning. Horst Ruthrof argues, by contrast, that the body is an integral part of this hermeneutic activity. Strictly language-based theories, and theories which conflate formal and natural languages, run into problems when they describe how we communicate in cultural settings. Semantics and the Body proposes that language is no more than a symbolic grid which does not signify at all unless it is brought to life by non-linguistic signs. Ruthrof reviews and analyses various 'orthodox' theories of meaning, from the views of Gottlob Frege at the beginning of the twentieth century to those of theorists in the postmodern period, then offers an alternative approach of his own. His theory features 'corporeal semantics,' and holds that meaning has ultimately to do with the body and that the meaning of linguistic expressions is indeterminate without the aid of visual, tactile, olfactory, and other bodily signs. This approach also remedies what Ruthrof sees also as a loss of interpretive will in the postmodern era. Pedagogy in many fields could be enriched by a systemic integration of non-verbal semiosis into the linguistically dominated syllabus. Those involved in discourse analysis, literature, art criticism, film theory, pedagogy, and philosophy will find the implications of Ruthrof's study considerable.

Author : Patrick Fuery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 28,83 MB
Release : 2017-05-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0333985699

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This book examines some of the most significant recent developments in film and critical theory. The book is divided into four sections, each dealing with established and alternative critical concepts and approaches. These four are: The Gaze and Subjectivity; Film and Discourse; Film and Culture; Film and Meaning. Each of these topics is explored using concepts from post-structuralism and postmodernism, working towards the idea that the relationship between film studies and critical theory is a vital and diverse interplay of rich and exciting ideas.