Rationality and the literate mind
Auteur :
Harris, Roy
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780415999014
Date de publication :
9 janv. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
540 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In this volume, Harris challenges the received mainstream opinion that reason is an intrinsic property of the human mind, and argues that the whole Western conception of rational thought, from Classical Greece down to modern symbolic logic, is a by-product of the way literacy developed in European cultures.