Ortega: Secrecy and the World Gingerich, Stephen D.
CR (East Lansing, Mich.),
12/2014, Letnik:
14, Številka:
3
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The image of a José Ortega y Gasset thinking about Spain, for the sake of Spain, and from out of the Spanish language and tradition, or from Hispania in a larger sense, continues to convince and ...orient scholars and readers the world over. Ortega himself created this profile throughout his life and his writings, claiming that he learned what he could outside Spain only to bring it home to nourish his own nation's youth, to make possible the emergence of Spanish culture of the stature of its French, German, or English contemporaries. One of the key texts in this self-presentation is the "Prologue for Germans" (Prólogo para alemanes, first published in 1939),1 where Ortega not only describes his project (starting with studies in Germany and his decision to work primarily in "periodical publication" 1966e, 20-21) but also declares its success: "Today Spain knows German culture by heart. It walks around in it like Peter walks around his house" (Hoy España se sabe de memoria la cultura alemana. Anda por ella como Pedro por su casa) (1966e, 25). The "Prologue" is End Page 49 revealing not just for Ortega's depiction of his relationship to Germany but for the intimate relationship that he draws between himself and Spain. We might begin by suspecting that the "Spain" that gives German culture a home in its heart would be limited to a few Spaniards, but especially to Ortega himself, and that, hence, he takes himself for a metonymic representation of Spain in general. In other ways, though, he means to separate the possibilities of understanding Spain, and hence understanding him, Ortega, from the Germans, to make both accessible only by way of a translation, from the proper name to the Spanish idiom and from Germany to the Spanish landscape. Ortega's curious refusal to perform this translation in a "Prologue" for "Germans is examined.
Names in Focus delves deep into the vast field of Finnish onomastics, covering place names, personal names, animal names, commercial names and names in literature. It provides the history and current ...trends in this area of research, and also supplements international terminology with the Finnish point of view on the subject. Brimming with examples and clear explanations, the book can be enjoyed by the most studious of researchers as well as the casual reader who has a genuine interest in the study of names.
This study evaluates whether tip of the tongue experiences (TOTs) are caused by a more accessible word which blocks retrieval of the target word, especially for older adults. In a “competitor ...priming” paradigm, young and older adults produced the name of a famous character (e.g., Eliza Doolittle) in response to a question and subsequently named a picture of a famous actor or actress depicting this character (e.g., Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle). Older adults produced more TOTs than young adults, but prior production of a related character name did not affect TOTs, although it did reduce incorrect responses. There were no age differences in knowledge of films and TV and thus the age-related increase in TOTs is not because older adults have more relevant knowledge. The findings are compatible with models in which alternate words are a consequence not a cause of TOT.
The biblical perspective that a receiver of God's promises is not allowed to claim these promises is called non-appropriation theology. Psalm 65 can be read as an example of this non-appropriation ...theology. The "I"-character does not claim the fertile Land but can only speak about the abundance of the harvest of their wheat (v. 10). The heading of Psalm 65, identifying the "I"-character as David, preserves the non-appropriation theology. This non-appropriation theology is retained in the receptionhistory of Psalm 65, as can be found in the Septuagint and the liturgical use of Psalm 65 in the funeral Mass.
"SINN AND BEDEUTUNG" WITH SCOPE MENDELSOHN, RICHARD L.
The Journal of philosophy,
01/2012, Letnik:
109, Številka:
1/2
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The modal accounts constructed within the framework of Frege's Sinn/Bedeutung theory were much less transparent largely because of the requirement that an expression's semantic contribution in modal ...contexts be its Sinn. Many philosophers partial to Fregean semantics thought its lacking of a scope distinction to he, if not a positive feature of the account, then certainly not a negative feature. Here, Mendelsohn follows a path Fregeans have for the most part closed themselves off from and explores the implication of grafting a scope distinction onto Frege's Sinn/Bedeulung semantic structure. He wants to show that Frege can do whatever Russell can do.
Donnellan’s recently published Essays on Reference, Language, and Mind (2012) collect his seminal papers from 1960s and 1970s. In most of them, he introduces and defends two major, related views in ...the theory of reference. The first one concerns the functioning of definite descriptions, and the second one the nature of singular reference. Donnellan argues that definite descriptions are ambiguous between their referential and their attributive use, and that descriptions used referentially function more or less as other referring expressions, proper names and indexicals. All referential expressions, Donnellan further argues, do not function according to the principle of identifying descriptions, as most philosophers from Frege onward thought, but rather on the ground of being appropriately historically connected to a thing, which is their referent. Such a referent, Donnellan thinks, does not have to fit the descriptive content or identifying descriptions (if there are any) associated with these expressions. As such, the referential expressions are directly referring, contributing its referent, not the descriptive material, to the propositional content of sentences they occur within. In my paper I reflect on some important, but controversial points in Donnellan’s papers, having to do with his understanding of the functioning of definite descriptions and proper names, and I relate these points to some subsequent discussions about the matters.
Los conceptos de isla anafórica (Postal 1969) y península anafórica (Corum 1973) han recibido mucha atención en los estudios de la relación entre sintaxis y morfología. En este trabajo, nos ...concentramos en las penínsulas anafóricas más comunes y exploramos los factores morfológicos, sintácticos y semánticos que hacen posible la península anafórica. Defendemos que las penínsulas anafóricas son efectos discursivos, legitimados por la pragmática, y en los que no se da en realidad una relación de correferencia entre la base de la palabra y un pronombre externo. Nuestro análisis conecta los factores que favorecen esta referencia con aspectos discursivos y semánticos, aportando de esta manera evidencia adicional a los análisis que tratan estos casos como efectos discursivos.
Una queja habitual de las personas mayores es que tienen dificultades a la hora de recordar nombres de
personas en distintas situaciones y les ocurre incluso con personas que conocen bien. En este ...trabajo se
trata de analizar las causas de esta dificultad revisando las características y particularidades de los
nombres propios, los modelos teóricos de producción y los efectos encontrados en el envejecimiento para
finalmente hacer una propuesta de intervención sobre las dificultades en el aprendizaje y recuperación de
los nombres de persona. Esta propuesta está basada en los resultados experimentales de los trabajos
revisados y en ella se destaca la importancia de las claves fonológicas y semánticas, la necesidad de
entrenar otras habilidades cognitivas (también altamente demandantes y frecuentemente afectadas por la
edad) que están relacionadas con la capacidad de nombrar personas y se incluye la posibilidad de
introducir estrategias metamnémicas que faciliten esta difícil tarea. Por último se incide en la necesidad
de seguir investigando en este campo para comprobar la eficacia de algunas intervenciones que han sido
planteadas y todavía no están contrastadas
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