| Description |
1 online resource : 12 illustrations. |
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text file PDF |
| Series |
New Directions in Critical Theory
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New directions in critical theory.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What are Media? -- 3. Toward a General Theory of Media -- 4. The Consequences for a Concept of Rationality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Matthias Vogel challenges the belief, promoted by many contemporary philosophers, that reason is determined solely by our discursive, linguistic abilities as communicative beings. In his view, the medium of language is not the only force of reason?music, art, and other nonlinguistic forms of communication and understanding are also significant factors. Introducing an expansive theory of the mind that accounts for highly sophisticated, penetrative media, Vogel advances a novel conception of rationality while freeing philosophy from its attachment to linguistics. Vogel's media of rat. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Philosophy.
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Mass media -- Philosophy. |
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Rationalism.
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Rationalism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Arnold, Darrell (Darrell P.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780231150583 023115058X (DLC) 2012021327 |
| ISBN |
9780231527750 |
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0231527756 |
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9780231150583 |
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023115058X |
| Standard No. |
10.7312/voge15058 |
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