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The world on paper : the conceptual and cognitive implications of writing and reading / David R. Olson.
| Author/creator | Olson, David R., 1935- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994. |
| Description | xix, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Demythologizing literacy -- Theories of literacy and mind from Levy-Bruhl to Sribner and Cole -- Literacy and the conceptual revolutions of classical Greece and Renaissance Europe -- What writing represents: a revisionist history of writing -- What writing doesn't represent: how texts are to be taken -- The problem of interpretation: the recovery of communicative intention -- A history of reading: from the spirit of the text to the intentions of the author -- Reading the book of nature: the conceptual origins of early modern science -- |
| Contents | A history of written discourse: from mnemonics to representations -- Representing the world in maps, diagrams, formulas, pictures and texts -- Representing the mind: the origins of subjectivity -- The making of the literate mind. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-304) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 93026382 |
| ISBN | 0521443113 (hardback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | P211 .O53 1994 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |