The Other Side of Language: A Philosophy of Listening

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First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Cover The other side of language Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents 1 Towards a fuller understanding of logos 'Saying' and 'listening' in western tradition The 'secondary' issue of listening A divided logos and its restoration 2 The logocentric system of culture Logocentrism and knowledge Predetermination of knowledge Epistemic prejudice 3 A philosophy of listening within a tradition of questioning Listening and the question On the 'primacy' of posing questions Interpretative listening and epistemology Linking hermeneutics and knowledge The problem of segmentation The philosophical use of anomalies 4 The power of discourse and the strength of listening Notes on the power of discourse Notes on the strength of listening A differentiation between the concepts of power and strength On the accepted meaning of 'strong' and 'weak' in western culture 5 Listening to philosophical tradition Philosophy as access to tradition The conjunction of perspectives Learning to think from encountering the past 6 The philosophical problem of benumbment Towards an awareness of benumbment Towards a description of benumbment Listening as philosophical effort The orientation of philosophical work 7 Silence and Listening The functions of silence Silence and dialogue Towards a 'description' of silence Silence and dispute 8 Dialogic interaction and listening The unity of the dialogic field Depth and vistas of the dialogic field Circular causality in the dialogic field The listening experience as event The listening experience as transformation 9 On inner listening Inner listening and the Socratic daimon Inner listening and the creation of time The vicissitudes of discovery 10 Midwifery and philosophy Maieutics: Socratic listening The birth of thinking The risks of listening A methodology of listening The rebirth of thought processes The growth of thought 11 Paths of Listening Listening to 'symbolic' language Listening to 'concrete' language Listening to 'pseudo-symbolic' language 12 The philosophy of listening: an evolutionary approach Phylogenetic perspectives Listening and hominization Prospects of communication Prospects of coexistence Notes Bibliography Subject index Name index