The Literate Mind: A Study of Its Scope and Limitations

by Andrew Wells

Literacy is about 5,000 years old. Since it was invented it has transformed human societies and knowledge fundamentally. Indeed, civilisation is built on literacy. What is it about the process of making marks on paper or other surfaces that gives literacy this remarkable power?

'The Literate Mind: A Study of Its Scope and Limitations' proposes that the evolved, pre-literate qualities of the human mind combined with the representational capacities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137025506
• ISBN13: 9781137025500
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"