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9780300077469

Electric Language; A Philosophical Study of Word Processing, Second Edition

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300077469

  • ISBN10:

    0300077467

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 1999-02-08
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
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Summary

In this book Michael Heim provides the first consistent philosophical basis for critically evaluating the impact of word processing on our use of and ideas about language. This edition includes a new foreword by David Gelernter, a new preface by the author, and an updated bibliography.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
David Gelernter
Preface to the Second Edition xiii
Acknowledgments xxiii
Introduction 1(20)
PART ONE: APPROACHING THE PHENOMENON
Thought, Word, and Reality
21(25)
The Theory of Transformative Technologies
46(24)
The Finite Framework of Language
70(27)
PART TWO: DESCRIBING THE PHENOMENON
The Psychic Framework of Word Processing
97(30)
The Phenomenon of Word Processing
127(40)
PART THREE: EVALUATING THE PHENOMENON
The Book and the Classic Model of Mind
167(25)
Critique of the Word in Process
192(33)
Compensatory Disciplines
225(24)
Notes 249(44)
Bibliography 293(8)
Index 301

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