The Genesis of Representation
In language, humans describe their world and can construct a narrative of their own becoming. But the concepts within which the emergence of linguistic man may be described are, themselves, contingent on thee accidents of that emergence. The human world is objective but the terms of that objectivity...
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Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group
2008-07-01
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| description | In language, humans describe their world and can construct a narrative of their own becoming. But the concepts within which the emergence of linguistic man may be described are, themselves, contingent on thee accidents of that emergence. The human world is objective but the terms of that objectivity are contingent on human morphology and the accidents of its evolution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e95b644f6b824ee391485bf01b68db3e2023-09-03T01:15:26ZengPaderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research GrouptripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique1726-670X1726-670X2008-07-014214314610.31269/triplec.v4i2.3030The Genesis of RepresentationW. A. Cameron0GlasgowIn language, humans describe their world and can construct a narrative of their own becoming. But the concepts within which the emergence of linguistic man may be described are, themselves, contingent on thee accidents of that emergence. The human world is objective but the terms of that objectivity are contingent on human morphology and the accidents of its evolution.https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/30languageevolutionemergenceconcepts |
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