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Meaning, language, and time : toward a consequentialist philosophy of discourse
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- Creator
- Kevin J. Porter
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- West Lafayette, Ind. : Parlor Press, [2006]
- ©2006
- Physical Details
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- x, 413 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781932559781, 1932559787, 9781932559798, 1932559795, 9781932559804, 1932559809
- OCLC
- ocm64486521
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-396) and index.
- The neglected question of meaning -- The principle of panchronism: eternity, mysticism, and interpretation -- Panchronism and consequentialism: the labor of meaning and the end of interpretation -- The principle of simultaneity: absolute time and the spatialization of society, language, and mind -- Simultaneity and consequentialism: the distensions and discontinuities of mind and community -- The principle of durativity: duration, evolution, intertextuality, and the problem of surplus meaning -- Meaning and time -- Severity, charity, and the consequences of student writing: toward a consequentialist pedagogy -- (In)conclusion: an envoi