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Politics & rhetoric : coming to terms with terms / George E. Yoos.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0230617468
  • 9780230617469
Other title:
  • Politics and rhetoric
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.001 22
LOC classification:
  • P301.5.P67 Y66 2009
Contents:
One-sided rhetorical critiques about meaning -- What is the meaning of life? -- Making and discovering meaning -- The meaning of what you would like to mean -- Language use and language usage -- Rhetorical use and usage -- Limits of a code theory of language -- Definitional proposals and definitional reports -- An inferential theory of language -- Figurative and literal language -- Interpretation and definition as umbrella terms -- Interpretation and definition as correlative terms -- Contrasts between definitions and interpretations -- Nominal, conceptual, and real definitions -- Rhetorical definition as a generic term : talking and walking the talk -- Logical definitions by class and differentia -- Logical definitions by necessary and sufficient conditions -- Pigeonholes and rational numbers -- Coming to terms with terms about application and control -- Interpretations as hypotheses and the contexts of interpretation in rhetorical criticism.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222) and index.

One-sided rhetorical critiques about meaning -- What is the meaning of life? -- Making and discovering meaning -- The meaning of what you would like to mean -- Language use and language usage -- Rhetorical use and usage -- Limits of a code theory of language -- Definitional proposals and definitional reports -- An inferential theory of language -- Figurative and literal language -- Interpretation and definition as umbrella terms -- Interpretation and definition as correlative terms -- Contrasts between definitions and interpretations -- Nominal, conceptual, and real definitions -- Rhetorical definition as a generic term : talking and walking the talk -- Logical definitions by class and differentia -- Logical definitions by necessary and sufficient conditions -- Pigeonholes and rational numbers -- Coming to terms with terms about application and control -- Interpretations as hypotheses and the contexts of interpretation in rhetorical criticism.

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