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I work across philosophy and literary criticism, with my intellectual roots in Aristotle, Darwin, later Wittgenstein, and early Derrida, on one side, and in Russian Formalism, New Criticism, and, again, early Derrida on the other. My earlier work ranges from Homer and Plato to John Henry Newman, the Victorian novel, Nietzsche, James Joyce, and the theory of ethnic identity. Recently I've been developing an entirely new approach to art theory, based in Aristotle, Wittgenstein and developments in "the new cognitive science," (Andy Clark, Alva Noe, et al)--an approach I call "techne theory." I'm also trying to publicize the work of the neuroscientist-philosopher Terrence Deacon.
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Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks, 1994
New Literary History, Jun 1, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Apr 17, 2015
Biosemiotics, 2022
How did molecules become signs? First, according to Deacon, there had to be an interpreter, a phy... more How did molecules become signs? First, according to Deacon, there had to be an interpreter, a physical process capable of making use of some property of a molecule that offered a "semiotic affordance." He proposes the model of an "autogenic virus," the most primitive conceivable recursively self-maintaining kind of molecular system that could broach the boundary between physico-chemical process and "interpretive competence." In this comment I work up to the question of how Deacon introduces concepts such as "representation" and "record" into his account, to argue that the autogen can pass on its lineage without a genetic template.
Routledge eBooks, Apr 17, 2015
Routledge eBooks, Apr 17, 2015
Modern Language Review, Apr 1, 1997
Routledge eBooks, Apr 17, 2015
Modern Language Review, Jul 1, 1993
Modernism/modernity, 2000
Acknowledgments Introduction: Dialogical poetics Chapter 1: Minimal interpretation Chapter 2: Fig... more Acknowledgments Introduction: Dialogical poetics Chapter 1: Minimal interpretation Chapter 2: Figurative language Chapter 3: Historical context Chapter 4: Intellectual and cultural context Chapter 5: Situated subjects Chapter 6: Poetic commentary Chapter 7: Modernist poetry and discursive logic Chapter 8: The poetry of ellipsis Chapter 9: Translation Index
This book presents an innovative format for poetry criticism that its authors call "dialogical po... more This book presents an innovative format for poetry criticism that its authors call "dialogical poetics." This approach shows that readings of poems, which in academic literary criticism often look like a product of settled knowledge, are in reality a continual negotiation between readers. Here, Derek Attridge and Henry Staten agree to rein in their own interpretive ingenuity and "minimally interpret" poemsreading them with careful regard for what the poem can be shown to actually say, in detail and as a whole, from opening to closure. Based on a series of e-mails, the book explores a number of topics in the reading of poetry, including historical and intellectual context, modernist difficulty, the role of criticism, and translation. This highly readable book will appeal to anyone who enjoys poetry, offering an inspiring resource for students whilst also mounting a challenge to some of the approaches to poetry currently widespread in the academy.
Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks, 1994
New Literary History, Jun 1, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Apr 17, 2015
Biosemiotics, 2022
How did molecules become signs? First, according to Deacon, there had to be an interpreter, a phy... more How did molecules become signs? First, according to Deacon, there had to be an interpreter, a physical process capable of making use of some property of a molecule that offered a "semiotic affordance." He proposes the model of an "autogenic virus," the most primitive conceivable recursively self-maintaining kind of molecular system that could broach the boundary between physico-chemical process and "interpretive competence." In this comment I work up to the question of how Deacon introduces concepts such as "representation" and "record" into his account, to argue that the autogen can pass on its lineage without a genetic template.
Routledge eBooks, Apr 17, 2015
Routledge eBooks, Apr 17, 2015
Modern Language Review, Apr 1, 1997
Routledge eBooks, Apr 17, 2015
Modern Language Review, Jul 1, 1993
Modernism/modernity, 2000
Acknowledgments Introduction: Dialogical poetics Chapter 1: Minimal interpretation Chapter 2: Fig... more Acknowledgments Introduction: Dialogical poetics Chapter 1: Minimal interpretation Chapter 2: Figurative language Chapter 3: Historical context Chapter 4: Intellectual and cultural context Chapter 5: Situated subjects Chapter 6: Poetic commentary Chapter 7: Modernist poetry and discursive logic Chapter 8: The poetry of ellipsis Chapter 9: Translation Index
This book presents an innovative format for poetry criticism that its authors call "dialogical po... more This book presents an innovative format for poetry criticism that its authors call "dialogical poetics." This approach shows that readings of poems, which in academic literary criticism often look like a product of settled knowledge, are in reality a continual negotiation between readers. Here, Derek Attridge and Henry Staten agree to rein in their own interpretive ingenuity and "minimally interpret" poemsreading them with careful regard for what the poem can be shown to actually say, in detail and as a whole, from opening to closure. Based on a series of e-mails, the book explores a number of topics in the reading of poetry, including historical and intellectual context, modernist difficulty, the role of criticism, and translation. This highly readable book will appeal to anyone who enjoys poetry, offering an inspiring resource for students whilst also mounting a challenge to some of the approaches to poetry currently widespread in the academy.