Self-Expression
Published on 22. November 2007
Book
Hardback
242 pages
978-0-19-928378-1 (ISBN)
Description
Mitchell S. Green presents a systematic philosophical study of self-expression - a pervasive phenomenon of the everyday life of humans and other species, which has received scant attention in its own right. He explores the ways in which self-expression reveals our states of thought, feeling, and experience, and he defends striking new theses concerning a wide range of fascinating topics: our ability to perceive emotion in others, artistic expression, empathy, expressive language, meaning, facial expression, and speech acts. He draws on insights from evolutionary game theory, ethology, the philosophy of language, social psychology, pragmatics, aesthetics, and neuroscience to present a stimulating and accessible interdisciplinary work.
Reviews / Votes
It may well be yet another forty years before something of similar nature on this subject is written. * Derek Matravers Mind 119 * '[An] eminently clear, forceful, well-argued, and much-needed contribution... genuinely illuminating... Green has produced a deep, rewarding, and absorbing book that is nothing short of the next major step on a subject central to human self-understanding. * Gary L. Hagberg, British Journal of Aesthetics * 'Expression' has far too long been presupposed but not explained. In this respect Green's book helps to fill a gaping hole in the literature... Green has written an intriguing book full of insights on each and every subject he brings up, and regardless of one's philosophical interests, one stands to be provoked., yet to learn a lot. * John Eriksson, The Philosophical Quarterly *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
3 tables, 6 figures
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
531 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-928378-1 (9780199283781)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Mitchell S. Green
Self-Expression
Book
06/2011
1st Edition
Oxford University Press
€64.90
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Person
Mitchell S. Green is NEH/Horace Goldsmith Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy, University of Virginia
Content
I. The Significance of Self-Expression ; II. Expression Delineated ; III. Showing and Meaning ; IV. Meaningful Expression ; V. Facial Expression ; VI. Convention and Idiosyncracy ; VII. Expressive Qualities ; VIII. Appendix: Definitions and Analyses ; References ; Index