Artistic meaning via visual art and literary fiction is debated in modern aesthetic thought. Language is a cognitive component in postmodernist aesthetic projects. This thesis investigates Maurice Merleau-Ponty's and Paul Ricoeur's writings on painting and language, respectively, whose phenomenological aim is the revelation of being in works of the imagination in tandem with Lambert Zuidervaart's approach to artistic truth which opens the lifeworld to the biotic context of the earth. For him, imaginative disclosure is integral to techno-scientific and art realms. Embodiment, natality, and expression illuminate the problematic of meaning in forms of postmodern visual art. Metaphoric imagination and metaphor are used for metaphor is a principle of articulation, not a figure of speech. Aesthetic projects connect with the lifeworld in a hermeneutic circle of meaning.

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This thesis attempts to clarify a particular epistemological problem which surfaces in Chomsky's attempt to attain an objective psychological distance from the language used in his scientific theorizing, in taking language as an epistemological object. This is accomplished by examining the presumed objectivity underlying the theoretical basis of Chomskyan linguistics in its hermeneutical relation to the theories of language advocated by Quine, Wittgenstein, and other philosophers. / The thesis begins by situating the "metalanguage" in which the argumentation between Chomsky and Quine takes place in the Western philosophical tradition. It continues by outlining an historic-hermeneutic link between classical philosophy, early modernism and some twentieth century philosophies of language, most particularly those articulated by Wittgenstein in his two major works. Finally, the thesis concludes by identifying the hermeneutical nature of the philosophical discourse from which Chomsky's linguistics gains its epistemological force.

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This thesis examines the revival of the sphoṭa doctrine in early modern Benares and Śeṣakṛṣṇa's Sphoṭattvanirūpaṇa as an influential work in that revival. The sphoṭa doctrine is the richest contribution of the grammarians to the philosophy of language, but its semantic significance was not highlighted until late, because its theological implication was stronger. Śeṣakṛṣṇa was a renowned Sanskrit grammarian who flourished in sixteenth-century Benares. He also wrote poetry and Dharmasastric works, and played an important role as a juridical authority. Despite his illustrious career, Śeṣakṛṣṇa encountered criticism for his works from contemporary critics. The only work he wrote solely on the philosophy of language was the Sphoṭattvanirūpaṇa. As the first discrete work on sphoṭa by a grammarian, the Sphoṭattvanirūpaṇa represented an important landmark in the later expositions of the doctrine of sphoṭa particularly because it renewed the later grammarians' interest in sphoṭa, which then resulted in a series of individual works of a similar sort. The revival of the sphoṭa doctrine in early modern Benares coincided with that of the philosophy of language, which was caused by a number of social and intellectual factors in different proportions and phases. Śeṣakṛṣṇa's Sphoṭattvanirūpaṇa emerged on the eve of that revival, and can be recognized as a pioneer work in terms of its revitalization of the grammarians' interpretation of sphoṭa after a period of dormancy, and its influence on later works on sphoṭa.

Esta dissertação, cuja linha de pesquisa tem como tema educação, epistemologia e linguagem, objetivou orientar a análise, a indicação e o desenvolvimento de textos didáticos de leitura e produção de textos para a educação superior a distância. O problema de pesquisa se propôs a responder de que modo os pressupostos do interacionismo sociodiscursivo são aplicados num texto didático dessa natureza. O apoio teórico se deu pelo interacionismo sociodiscursivo, de Bronckart, pelos princípios da educação a distância e pelo interacionismo social, de Vygotsky. A justificativa está no fato de o desenvolvimento de conhecimentos em leitura e produção de textos ser uma necessidade nos cursos superiores face às demandas características do ambiente acadêmico. Além disso, aliar uma corrente teórica em linguística à discussão recente em educação a distância mostra-se cientificamente relevante. O método escolhido foi o analítico, com foco na análise textual. Foram analisados dois textos didáticos de leitura e produção de textos para a educação superior a distância quanto à aplicação do interacionismo sociodiscursivo e dos princípios da educação a distância. Os critérios de análise formaram um conjunto hierárquico, cujo topo está na linguagem e na epistemologia. Do critério de linguagem partem os critérios de dialogismo, paralinguagem e discurso didático. Da epistemologia surgem os pressupostos sociointeracionistas. A partir desses pressupostos, foram propostos os princípios da educação a distância. Ambos conjuntos culminam no interacionismo sociodiscursivo. A estrutura da dissertação se organiza da seguinte forma: após a introdução, o primeiro capítulo apresenta a matriz teórica, o interacionismo sociodiscursivo, bem como as contribuições do interacionismo social, de Vygotsky, e da teoria do discurso, de Bakhtin. No segundo capítulo, os princípios da educação a distância são apresentados, com foco nos princípios da autonomia, da interação e da flexibilidade espaciotemporal. Já o terceiro capítulo contextualiza as duas propostas de textos didáticos, assim como as analisa a partir do interacionismo sociodiscursivo e dos princípios da educação a distância e discute possibilidades para sua indicação e desenvolvimento. Por fim, apresenta-se a conclusão. Os resultados permitiram uma proposição inicial de elementos de interesse a textos didáticos dessa natureza, os quais são agrupados em dois eixos: linguagem e epistemologia. No eixo da linguagem, estão o diálogo permanente com o estudante, os recursos paralinguísticos e a estrutura didática da obra. Já, no eixo da epistemologia, a consideração aos princípios da educação a distância se reflete nas atividades propostas, no uso de ferramentas de tecnologia e na ênfase à autonomia do estudante. Além disso, a aplicação dos conceitos do interacionismo sociodiscursivo permite compreender o texto como unidade de produção de linguagem e, por conseguinte, afinar-se a conceitos fundamentais da teoria. / Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-06-02T17:31:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Diego Chiapinotto.pdf: 677023 bytes, checksum: 5d7aed4de996f68a647bbabf984e2aa9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-02T17:31:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Diego Chiapinotto.pdf: 677023 bytes, checksum: 5d7aed4de996f68a647bbabf984e2aa9 (MD5) / This dissertation, whose line of research is addressing education, epistemology and language, aimed to guide the analysis, the indication and the development of textbooks for reading and writing texts for higher distance education. The problem of research aims to answer how the assumptions of sociodiscursive interactionism are implemented in a textbook of this nature. Theoretical support is given by sociodiscursive interactionism from Bronckart, the principles of distance education and the social interactionism, from Vygotsky. The reason is the fact that the development of knowledge in reading and writing texts is a necessity in higher education because of the demands of academic environment characteristics. Moreover, allying a theory in linguistics to a recent discussion in distance education is scientifically relevant. The method was the analytical, focused on textual analysis. We analyzed two textbooks on reading and writing for higher distance education about the sociodiscursive interactionism and the principles of distance education. The analysis criteria formed a hierarchy, whose top is in language and epistemology. The criteria dialogism, paralanguage and didactic discourse come from the criterion language. Sociointeractionist assumptions come from epistemology. The principles of distance education have been proposed from these assumptions. Both sets culminate in sociodiscursive interactionism. The structure of the dissertation is organized as follows: after the introduction, first chapter introduces the theoretical framework, sociodiscursive interactionism as well as the contributions of Vygotsky social interactionism, and the Bakhtin discourse theory. In the second chapter, the principles of distance education are presented, with focus on the principles of autonomy, interaction and spatial-temporal flexibility. The third chapter contextualizes the two proposals of textbooks, as well as analyzes it from the sociodiscursive interactionism and the principles of distance education, and discusses possibilities for the appointment and development of these texts. Finally, we present the conclusion. The results showed an initial proposition of interesting elements for textbooks, which are grouped into two areas: language and epistemology. The language presents continuous dialogue with the student, the didactic resources and the structure of the work. In the axis of epistemology, the consideration to the principles of distance education is reflected in the proposed activities, the use of technology tools and the emphasis on the autonomy of the student. Moreover, the application of the concepts of sociodiscursive interactionism allows understanding the text as a unit of production of language and, therefore, refining the basic concepts of the theory.

Esta dissertação, cuja linha de pesquisa tem como tema educação, epistemologia e linguagem, objetivou orientar a análise, a indicação e o desenvolvimento de textos didáticos de leitura e produção de textos para a educação superior a distância. O problema de pesquisa se propôs a responder de que modo os pressupostos do interacionismo sociodiscursivo são aplicados num texto didático dessa natureza. O apoio teórico se deu pelo interacionismo sociodiscursivo, de Bronckart, pelos princípios da educação a distância e pelo interacionismo social, de Vygotsky. A justificativa está no fato de o desenvolvimento de conhecimentos em leitura e produção de textos ser uma necessidade nos cursos superiores face às demandas características do ambiente acadêmico. Além disso, aliar uma corrente teórica em linguística à discussão recente em educação a distância mostra-se cientificamente relevante. O método escolhido foi o analítico, com foco na análise textual. Foram analisados dois textos didáticos de leitura e produção de textos para a educação superior a distância quanto à aplicação do interacionismo sociodiscursivo e dos princípios da educação a distância. Os critérios de análise formaram um conjunto hierárquico, cujo topo está na linguagem e na epistemologia. Do critério de linguagem partem os critérios de dialogismo, paralinguagem e discurso didático. Da epistemologia surgem os pressupostos sociointeracionistas. A partir desses pressupostos, foram propostos os princípios da educação a distância. Ambos conjuntos culminam no interacionismo sociodiscursivo. A estrutura da dissertação se organiza da seguinte forma: após a introdução, o primeiro capítulo apresenta a matriz teórica, o interacionismo sociodiscursivo, bem como as contribuições do interacionismo social, de Vygotsky, e da teoria do discurso, de Bakhtin. No segundo capítulo, os princípios da educação a distância são apresentados, com foco nos princípios da autonomia, da interação e da flexibilidade espaciotemporal. Já o terceiro capítulo contextualiza as duas propostas de textos didáticos, assim como as analisa a partir do interacionismo sociodiscursivo e dos princípios da educação a distância e discute possibilidades para sua indicação e desenvolvimento. Por fim, apresenta-se a conclusão. Os resultados permitiram uma proposição inicial de elementos de interesse a textos didáticos dessa natureza, os quais são agrupados em dois eixos: linguagem e epistemologia. No eixo da linguagem, estão o diálogo permanente com o estudante, os recursos paralinguísticos e a estrutura didática da obra. Já, no eixo da epistemologia, a consideração aos princípios da educação a distância se reflete nas atividades propostas, no uso de ferramentas de tecnologia e na ênfase à autonomia do estudante. Além disso, a aplicação dos conceitos do interacionismo sociodiscursivo permite compreender o texto como unidade de produção de linguagem e, por conseguinte, afinar-se a conceitos fundamentais da teoria. / This dissertation, whose line of research is addressing education, epistemology and language, aimed to guide the analysis, the indication and the development of textbooks for reading and writing texts for higher distance education. The problem of research aims to answer how the assumptions of sociodiscursive interactionism are implemented in a textbook of this nature. Theoretical support is given by sociodiscursive interactionism from Bronckart, the principles of distance education and the social interactionism, from Vygotsky. The reason is the fact that the development of knowledge in reading and writing texts is a necessity in higher education because of the demands of academic environment characteristics. Moreover, allying a theory in linguistics to a recent discussion in distance education is scientifically relevant. The method was the analytical, focused on textual analysis. We analyzed two textbooks on reading and writing for higher distance education about the sociodiscursive interactionism and the principles of distance education. The analysis criteria formed a hierarchy, whose top is in language and epistemology. The criteria dialogism, paralanguage and didactic discourse come from the criterion language. Sociointeractionist assumptions come from epistemology. The principles of distance education have been proposed from these assumptions. Both sets culminate in sociodiscursive interactionism. The structure of the dissertation is organized as follows: after the introduction, first chapter introduces the theoretical framework, sociodiscursive interactionism as well as the contributions of Vygotsky social interactionism, and the Bakhtin discourse theory. In the second chapter, the principles of distance education are presented, with focus on the principles of autonomy, interaction and spatial-temporal flexibility. The third chapter contextualizes the two proposals of textbooks, as well as analyzes it from the sociodiscursive interactionism and the principles of distance education, and discusses possibilities for the appointment and development of these texts. Finally, we present the conclusion. The results showed an initial proposition of interesting elements for textbooks, which are grouped into two areas: language and epistemology. The language presents continuous dialogue with the student, the didactic resources and the structure of the work. In the axis of epistemology, the consideration to the principles of distance education is reflected in the proposed activities, the use of technology tools and the emphasis on the autonomy of the student. Moreover, the application of the concepts of sociodiscursive interactionism allows understanding the text as a unit of production of language and, therefore, refining the basic concepts of the theory.

Thesis (DPhil (Philosophy))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / This thesis gives an historical overview of some of the issues connecting philosophy of mind and philosophy of langauge in the twentieth century, especially with regard to the relevance of both disciplines to theories of cognition. Specifically, the interrelation between the theories of Peirce,Chomsky, Derrida, and Deacon are discussed. Furthermore, an overview of twentieth century views on mind in both philosophy and the cognitive sciences is given. The argument is made that many of the apparently insurmountable issues that plague theories on mind and cognition today can be traced back to the metaphysical mould into which the philosophical questions at issue here were cast. Also, despite current resistance to the idea from many philosophical quarters, a case is made for approaching language and mind in terms of neo-Darwinist evolutionary theory.