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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2020 |
Registration ID | PHILH352B001 |
Course Title | Metaphor, Meaning and the Dialogical Mind |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Philosophy |
Instructor | Gangadean,Ashok K |
Times and Days | TTh 11:30am-01:00pm
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Room Location | GST101 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2261 This course explores the nature of language with special attention to the origin of meaning and metaphor in the dialogical mind. Topics include: primary meaning: literal, symbolic, metaphoric; truth and reality; analogy and imagination; hermeneutics of communication and translatability; meditative meaning and the limits of language; indeterminacy and ambiguity across diverse language-worlds; voice and speech as determinants of meaning and the dynamics of dialogue between worlds. A unifying theme focuses on releasing the power of meaning in the transformation from egocentric patterns of thought to the dialogical awakening of mind. Readings include selections from such diverse thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Sommers, Derrida and Nagarjuna and others.; Enrollment Limit: 30 Humanities, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (; Hav: HU, A) |
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