Labyrinths of Exemplarity

Labyrinths of Exemplarity
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 9780791488126
ISBN-13 : 0791488128
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Book Synopsis Labyrinths of Exemplarity by : Irene E. Harvey

Download or read book Labyrinths of Exemplarity written by Irene E. Harvey and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Labyrinths of Exemplarity presents the first comprehensive, in-depth study of the problem of exemplarity—or how we move between the general and the particular in order to try to understand our world. The author's focus ranges from the most basic and fundamental issues of what examples are and where they come from to the complex key issues of how examples function in the discourses they inhabit and what this functioning tells us about the nature of examples or exemplarity itself. The problem is treated especially in connection to Rousseau and Aristotle, with reference to deconstruction (especially Derrida) and the range of Western metaphysics. Ultimately, a new theory of examples is offered, one not drawn from the assumptions made by earlier philosophers but rather from the usage and functioning of examples in philosophical discourse.


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