Metanoia
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Metanoia

A Speculative Ontology of Language, Thinking, and the Brain

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Metanoia

A Speculative Ontology of Language, Thinking, and the Brain

About this book

Fusing speculative realism, analytical and linguistic philosophy this book theorises the fundamental impact the experience of reading has on us. In reading, language provides us with a world and meaning becomes perceptible. We can connect with another subjectivity, another place, another time. At its most extreme, reading changes our understanding of the world around us. Metanoia - meaning literally a change of mind or a conversion-refers to this kind of new way of seeing. To see the world in a new light is to accept that our thinking has been irrevocably transformed. How is that possible? And is it merely an intellectual process without any impact on the world outside our brains? Innovatively tackling these questions, this book mobilizes discussions from linguistics, literary theory, philosophy of language, and cognitive science. It re-articulates linguistic consciousness by underlining the poetic, creative moment of language and sheds light on the ability of language to transform not only our thinking but the world around us as well.

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Yes, you can access Metanoia by Armen Avanessian, Anke Hennig in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Philosophy & Psycolinguistics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781350004733
eBook ISBN
9781350004719
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Illustrations
  7. Foreword
  8. Introduction
  9. I. Poetics: Principles of Lingual Poiesis
  10. II. The Analytic Circle: The Lingual Creation of a True World
  11. III. Speculation: Aspects of a Poetics of Thought
  12. IV. Cognition: Metanoia is an Anagram of Anatomie
  13. Epilogue: The Whole Truth and Nothing. But the Truth!
  14. Glossary
  15. Notes
  16. Index