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Binding Words
Karen S. Feldman
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Paperback. An account of how philosophical language appears to "produce" the very thing - here, "conscience" - that it seems to be discovering or describing. Conscience, as Binding Words argues, can only ever be understood, interpreted, and made effective through tropes and figures of language. Series: Topics in Historical Philosophy. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
In a work that brings a new field-altering perspective as well as new tools to the history of philosophy, Karen S. Feldman offers a powerful and elegantly written account of how philosophical language appears to ""produce"" the very thing-here, ""conscience""-that it seems to be discovering or describing. Conscience, as Binding Words convincingly argues, can only ever be understood, interpreted, and made effective through tropes and figures of language. The question this raises, and the one that interests Feldman here is: If conscience has no tangible, literal referent to which we can apply, then where does it get its ""binding force?"" ... Read more
In a work that brings a new field-altering perspective as well as new tools to the history of philosophy, Karen S. Feldman offers a powerful and elegantly written account of how philosophical language appears to ""produce"" the very thing-here, ""conscience""-that it seems to be discovering or describing. Conscience, as Binding Words convincingly argues, can only ever be understood, interpreted, and made effective through tropes and figures of language. The question this raises, and the one that interests Feldman here is: If conscience has no tangible, literal referent to which we can apply, then where does it get its ""binding force?"" ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Series
Topics in Historical Philosophy
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810122819
SKU
V9780810122819
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99-15
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