Tradition and Individuality : Essays

By: J.C. NyÃri

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A volume of essays on the themes of tradition, oral communication versus literal communication, Wittgenstein, and computers. The later Wittgenstein is shown to be on the one hand a traditionalist, and on the other hand, along with Heidegger, a philosopher of postmodern -- secondary -- orality, yearning for bygone, premodern times -- the times of primary orality. Under conditions of primary orality traditions fulfilled the specific cognitive role of conserving information -- a role subsequently taken over by writing, and today by electronic data processing.
The message of the volume is that the Western values of individuality and critical thinking are intimately bound up with the technology of writing. It offers arguments in favour of the standards and techniques of classical education even under conditions of, indeed as a foundation for, the emerging computer culture.

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Non-Fiction Language & Linguistics Linguistics Philosophy of Language Philosophy Epistemology & The Theory of Knowledge Science Science in General Philosophy of Science History of Western Philosophy Sociology & Anthropology Anthropology

Education Philosophy & Theory of Education

Preface
Wittgenstein's New Traditionalism	p. 1
Wittgenstein 1929-31: Conservatism and Jewishness	p. 9
Collective Reason: Roots of a Sociological Theory of Knowledge	p. 25
Some Marxian Themes in the Age of Information	p. 39
Tradition and Practical Knowledge	p. 47
"Tradition" and Related Terms: A Semantic Survey	p. 61
Historical Consciousness in the Computer Age	p. 75
On Esperanto: Usage and Contrivance in Language	p. 85
Heidegger and Wittgenstein	p. 93
Writing and the Private Language Argument	p. 105
Notes	p. 115
Bibliography	p. 159
Index	p. 171
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