Rhetoric of Intention in Humanpb

Informationen zum Autor By Gary C. Woodward Klappentext Assumed intentions are embedded in virtually all forms of human discussion. The Rhetoric of Intention in Human Affairs draws on a vast range of resources to describe the social and psychological forces at work in shaping the human impulse to explain why others act. Zusammenfassung Assumed intentions are embedded in virtually all forms of human discussion. The Rhetoric of Intention in Human Affairs draws on a vast range of resources to describe the social and psychological forces at work in shaping the human impulse to explain why others act. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: How We Know What We Can'tChapter 2: Them: Conspiracies, Disasters and Presumed CulpabilityChapter 3: Theater, Acting, and the Sources of Motivation Chapter 4: The Telepathic JournalistChapter 5: Legal Benchmarks for Establishing IntentChapter 6: God's Plan: Agency, and the Quandary of Divine Intention

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• Authors: Gary C. Woodward, Woodward Gary C.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2015
• EAN: 9781498516150
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1615-0
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Discourse Analysis, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics