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Autore |
Berger Louis S. |
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Titolo |
Language and the ineffable [[electronic resource] ] : a developmental perspective and its applications / / Louis S. Berger |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-61408-1 |
0-7391-4715-3 |
9786613926531 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (162 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Language and languages - Philosophy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Background and Rationale; Chapter Two: The Received View of Language; Chapter Three: Varieties of Ineffability; Chapter Four: Ontogenesis, Nonduality, First Language Acquisition; Chapter Five: What Language Is and Does: The Tier 1 Framework; Chapter Six: Application 1: Psychiatry, General-Experimental Psychology, Psychotherapy; Chapter Seven: Application 2: Logic, Mathematics; Postlude; References; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The prevailing conception of language is often called 'the received view.' Though ubiquitous, Louis S. Berger demonstrates its flaws and the difficulties it raises for other disciplines, such as philosophy and physics. In Language and the Ineffable, Berger develops an unconventional model of human development: ontogenesis. A radical and generative feature of the model is the premise that the neonate's world is holistic, boundary-less, unimaginable, and impossible to describe; in other words, ineffable. This study unsettles the foundations of sacrosanct beliefs about language and a host of othe |
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