Self, logic, and figurative thinking / Harwood Fisher.

Author/creator Fisher, Harwood
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxvii, 348 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: Major terms, their classification, and their relation to the book's objective -- The problem of analogous forms -- Natural logic, categories, and the individual -- Shift to individual categories, dynamics, and a psychological look at identity -- Form versus function -- What is the difference between the logic governing a figure of speech and the logic that is immature or unconscious? -- What are the role and function of the self vis-à-vis consciousness? -- Development in the logic from immature to mature modes -- Pathological and defensive logical forms -- The "I," identity, and the part-whole resolutions -- The "I," entropy, and the trope.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [313]-327) and index.
LCCN 2008029089
ISBN9780231145046 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0231145047 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780231518666 (ebook)
ISBN0231518668 (ebook)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BC53 .F57 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold