Book contents
- The Mind on Paper
- The Mind on Paper
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Theories of the Relation between Writing and Mind
- Part III Reading and the Invention of Language about Language
- 6 Phonemes and the Alphabet
- 7 The Discovery of Words and Thinking about Words
- 8 Sentences and Logic
- 9 Prose and Rational Argument
- 10 The Testing of Rationality and the Rationality of Testing
- Part IV The Implications and Uses of Metarepresentational Language
- Part V Conclusions
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
9 - Prose and Rational Argument
from Part III - Reading and the Invention of Language about Language
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 November 2016
- The Mind on Paper
- The Mind on Paper
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Theories of the Relation between Writing and Mind
- Part III Reading and the Invention of Language about Language
- 6 Phonemes and the Alphabet
- 7 The Discovery of Words and Thinking about Words
- 8 Sentences and Logic
- 9 Prose and Rational Argument
- 10 The Testing of Rationality and the Rationality of Testing
- Part IV The Implications and Uses of Metarepresentational Language
- Part V Conclusions
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
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- The Mind on PaperReading, Consciousness and Rationality, pp. 140 - 156Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016