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| Program > Environmental Epistemology |
| Programme > Épistémologie de l'environnement |
| Neil
Evernden (York
University) Nature, Discourse, and the 'Crisis of Imagery' |
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Persons
wishing to initiate radically novel conversations often claim to
be
thwarted by deficiencies in conventional language. In the consequence
of
this lament, considerable attention has been paid to the vagaries of
vocabulary.
But there have also been recurring suggestions of a
non-linguistic
element in the genesis of ideational novelty, an element
frequently,
though not exclusively or adequately, referred to as
'imagery'.
And if, as claimed, this is an essential factor in the genesis
of
alternative forms for thought and discourse, further consideration
seems
warranted. That possibility, along with the intimations of a 'crisis
of
imagery', constitutes the concern of this paper.
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