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<h3><b>Tradition and individuality essays (synthese library
221)</b></h3>Auteur(s) : NYIRI <br>
Date de parution: 08-1992<br>
Langue : ANGLAIS<br>
192p. Hardback<br>
Etat : Disponible chez l'éditeur (délai de livraison : 10 jours)<br><br>
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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.<br><br>
Preface. 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. <b>On Esperanto: Usage and Contrivance in Language</b>.
9. Heidegger and Wittgenstein. 10. Writing and the Private Language
Argument. Bibliography. Indices.<br><br>
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I should look this up some time. Wittgenstein hated Esperanto as much as
he hated Carnap, and for the same reason, i.e. a hatred of reason. In
<i>Culture and Value</i> Wittgenstein, as a language mystic, expresses
his visceral disgust at the very existence of Esperanto. Such nausea at
the very thought of Esperanto is characteristic of right-wing thought,
and one can be a right-winger--i.e. irrationalist-- in philosophy, even
without being one in politics.<br><br>
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