The Philosophy of Gesture: Completing Pragmatists' Incomplete Revolution

Giovanni Maddalena

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press 2015

The Philosophy of Gesture

Completing Pragmatists' Incomplete Revolution

Giovanni Maddalena
Preface by: Fernando Zalamea

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773597884

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About this book

A revolutionary pragmatist account of creativity and synthetic reasoning that relies upon gesture, an action that carries on meaning.

Author / Editor information

Giovanni Maddalena is professor of philosophy at the University of Molise.

Reviews

“With The Philosophy of Gesture Maddalena depicts an innovative epistemic tool for our everyday reasoning, opening a whole new horizon of research in various fields, from theoretical philosophy to ethics, from psychology to the social sciences.” Cognitio

“Rarely these days are philosophy books both bold and sweeping, but Maddalena’s The Philosophy of Gesture is both. The conclusion of the book is less the close of a philosophical investigation and more a request for others to take up the project of “compl

“The Philosophy of Gesture is a major book, certainly one of the most important in the field for the last twenty years, one that will definitely add to the pragmatist corpus as a genuine primary reference.” Mathias Girel, École Normale Supérieure, Paris

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Universidad Nacional de Colombia Fernando Zalamea Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Anti-Kantianism and Pragmatist Characteristics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
Peirce’s Incomplete Synthetic Turn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
A New Paradigm for Reasoning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
A New Tool: Complete Gesture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
Gestures and Creativity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Figural and Narrative Identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Writing as Complete Gesture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
Gesture, Morality, Education Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
Conclusions and Further Studies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189

Language: English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;

eBook

Published: November 1, 2015
ISBN: 9780773597884