Literary fiction is of crucial importance in human life. It is a source of understanding and insight into the nature of the human condition. Yet ever since Aristotle, philosophers have struggled to provide a plausible explanation of how this can be the case. For surely the fictionality - the sheer invented character - of the literary text means that fiction presents not the real world, but emother/em worlds - what are commonly called emfictional/em worlds.
The popular, brief rhetoric that treats writing as thinking, WRITING ANALYTICALLY, Fifth Edition, offers a series of prompts that lead you through the process of analysis and synthesis and help you to generate original and well-developed ideas. The book's overall point is that learning to write well means learning to use writing as a way of thinking well. To that end, the strategies of this book describe thinking skills that employ writing. As you will see, this book treats writing as a tool of thought--a means of undertaking sustained acts of inquiry and reflection.
Each of the 18 easy-to-follow, technique-led projects in this book shows how items such as bags, purses, gift boxes, picture frames, cushions and scarves can be made or transformed by beading, whether it is by means of loom-weaving, fringing and tassels or other combinations.
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Language and Thought
This clearly written text will help to explain and clarify a complex area of cognitive research that A-Level students often find difficult. Its depth of understanding and a wide set of research examples means that the book will also appeal to first year undergraduates.
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