عنوان

Tradition and Individuality :

(Number (ISBN

9401126607

(Number (ISBN

9789401126601

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b595105

Title Proper

Tradition and Individuality :

General Material Designation

[Book]

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Essays

First Statement of Responsibility

by J.C. Nyíri.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Netherlands

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1992

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xi, 180 pages)

Series Title

Synthese library, 221.

Text of Note

1: Wittgenstein's New Traditionalism --; 2: Wittgenstein 1929-31: Conservatism and Jewishness --; 3: Collective Reason: Roots of a Sociological Theory of Knowledge --; 4: Some Marxian Themes in the Age of Information --; 5: Tradition and Practical Knowledge --; 6: 'Tradition' and Related Terms: A Semantic Survey --; 7: Historical Consciousness in the Computer Age --; 8: On Esperanto: Usage and Contrivance in Language --; 9: Heidegger and Wittgenstein --; 10: Writing and the Private Language Argument --; Notes.

Text of Note

A volume of essays on the themes of tradition, oral communication versus literal communication, Wittgenstein, and computers. The later Wittgenstein is shown to be on the one hand a traditionalist, and on the other hand, along with Heidegger, a philosopher of postmodern -- secondary -- orality, yearning for bygone, premodern times -- the times of primary orality. Under conditions of primary orality traditions fulfilled the specific cognitive role of conserving information -- a role subsequently taken over by writing, and today by electronic data processing. The message of the volume is that the Western values of individuality and critical thinking are intimately bound up with the technology of writing. It offers arguments in favour of the standards and techniques of classical education even under conditions of, indeed as a foundation for, the emerging computer culture.

Education -- Philosophy.

Linguistics -- Philosophy.

Philosophy (General)

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Book number

by J.C. Nyíri.

J C Nyíri

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[Book]

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