Phenomenology of the human person

In this book, Robert Sokolowski argues that being a person means to be involved with truth. He shows that human reason is established by syntactic composition in language, pictures, and actions and that we understand things when they are presented to us through syntax. Sokolowski highlights the role...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sokolowski, Robert, 1934- (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2008
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Acceso en línea:Sumario
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Sumario:In this book, Robert Sokolowski argues that being a person means to be involved with truth. He shows that human reason is established by syntactic composition in language, pictures, and actions and that we understand things when they are presented to us through syntax. Sokolowski highlights the role of the spoken word in human reason and examines the bodily and neurological basis for human experience. Drawing on Husserl and Aristotle, as well as Aquinas and Henry James, Sokolowski here employs phenomenology in a highly original way in order to clarify what we are as human agents
Descripción Física:IX, 345 p. ; 24 cm
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice
ISBN:9780521888912