Phenomenology of the Human Person

by Robert Sokolowski

Book Overview

In this book, Robert Sokolowski argues that being a person means to be involved with truth. He shows that human reason is established by syntactic composition in language, pictures, and actions and that we understand things when they are presented to us through syntax. Sokolowski highlights the role of the spoken word in human reason and examines the bodily and neurological basis for human experience. Drawing on Husserl and Aristotle, as well as Aquinas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521717663
• ISBN13: 9780521717663
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"