Textual narratives and a new metaphysics /

"Drawing extensively upon recent developments in post-phenomenological philosophy, especially 'the textual turn' exemplified by Paul Ricoeur, Jacques Derrida and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, this book explores the role that textual narratives have in the possibility of reasonably affirming...

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Main Author: Shorthouse, Raymond T., 1934-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2002
Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : c2002
Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : ©2002
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : [2002]
Series:Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy
Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 The Question of Presence 7
  • 2 Presence and Metaphor 23
  • 3 Metaphor and Narrative 45
  • 4 Prose Rhythm: the Mediation of Sonorous Being 59
  • 5 The Primordial Dialectic and Temporal Perspective 77
  • 6 Self and Other 91
  • 7 The Creative Imagination 105
  • 8 Reasonable Hope 117
  • 9 A New Metaphysics 133
  • The Question of Presence
  • Presence and Metaphor
  • Metaphor and Narrative
  • Prose Rhythm: the Mediation of Sonorous Being
  • The Primordial Dialectic and Temporal Perspective
  • Self and Other
  • The Creative Imagination
  • Reasonable Hope
  • A New Metaphysics