Self, logic, and figurative thinking / Harwood Fisher.

Author/creator Fisher, Harwood
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press,
Descriptionxvii, 348 p. ; 24 cm.
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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.
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LCCN 2008029089
ISBN9780231145046 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0231145047 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780231518666 (ebook)
ISBN0231518668 (ebook)

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