10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LITERAL-MINDEDNESS»
Discover the use of
literal-mindedness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
literal-mindedness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Experimental Phenomenology: An Introduction
The direction of inquiry looks thus: Direction of Noetic Inquiry Context Level I. H.
literal- mindedness Noema How Held P. literal- mindedness hallway apodictic
only pyramid apodictic only Level II. A' polymorphic hallway/ apodictic and ...
2
Arguing with God: A Theological Anthropology of the Psalms
Metaphors In his essay “The Rise of Literal-Mindedness,” the cultural critic Peter
Burke describes the rejection or devaluation of the symbolic, which has affected
the analysis of texts, rituals, and other forms of human interpretation and behavior
...
3
Experimental Phenomenology, Second Edition: Multistabilities
At this point, both groups are at the same level: Level I. Noetic Context Noema
Group H. literal-mindedness hallway appearance Group P. literal-mindedness
pyramid appearance Both groups insist doggedly upon the validity of their reality
...
... simplicity, pureness. 3. literal-mindedness, prosaicness, prosiness,
unimaginativeness, unimagination, dullness, bor- ingness, boredom; vapidity,
tediousness, tiresomeness, wearisomeness; slowness, simple-mindedness, ob-
tuseness, ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
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American Poets in the 21st Century: The New Poetics
Literal-mindedness suggests the most useful entrance to Goldsmith's work.
Literal-mindedness, of course, is easily confused with simplicity — a state itself
subject to grievous misapprehension. Otherwise astute observers of Goldsmith's
writing ...
Claudia Rankine, Lisa Sewell, 2007
6
Segregation: The Inner Conflict in the South
His odd literal mindedness, informed by a reductive Freudianism and implicit
Marxism, caused him to see a book that was not there and to miss the book that
was. (This has been known to happen even in the present, in the work of certain ...
7
Culture Through Time: Anthropological Approaches
Literal-mindedness involves a kind of sophisticated incapacity to understand how
other cultures can take symbols seriously — how medieval readers could enjoy
allegories, for example, or how the Russian Old Believers could make such a ...
Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, 1990
8
Discrete Thoughts: Essays on Mathematics, Science and Philosophy
In a psychological description of the computer intelligence, three related
adjectives push themselves forward: single-mindedness, literal-mindedness,
simple-mindedness. Recognizing this, we should at the same time recognize that
this ...
Gian-Carlo Rota, Jacob T. Schwartz, Peter Renz, 2009
9
The Poetics of Science Fiction
Jonathan Swift's (1967) Gulliver's Travels ridicules literal mindedness in the
description of the academi— cians who carry around the actual items they want
to refer to in their speech. Here is a theory of reference that operates entirely at
the ...
10
Psychiatry Update: American Psychiatric Association
This may be manifest as literal-mindedness, a characteristic which has been
noted in anorexia nervosa by various clinicians (Goodsitt, 1984). Much of the
anorexic's behavior is captured by what Bruch (1978) calls "narrow-minded good
...
Hales, Robert E. Hales, Allen J. Frances, 1985
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LITERAL-MINDEDNESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
literal-mindedness is used in the context of the following news items.
A Guide to Cooking Gaily in Your Own Home
... articulated a free-wheeling and sophisticated approach that is worlds apart from the literal-mindedness that dominates the food world today. «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
Marina O'Loughlin's food feed: Lionel Richie tea biscuits and …
A beautiful example of literal-mindedness. And, I dunno, I think they've managed a pretty good likeness. The owner of a St Louis “pastaria” ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Review: Pixar's 'Inside Out' Finds the Joy in Sadness, and Vice Versa
... solves a thorny philosophical problem with the characteristically Pixaresque tools of whimsy, sincerity and ingenious literal-mindedness. «New York Times, Jun 15»
The Guys Behind the 'DJs Complaining' Twitter Reviewed the …
The "Traphall EP" is billed with impressive literal-mindedness as a mish-mash of trap and dancehall. However, on listening, it's very quickly ... «THUMP, Jun 15»
Film Review: The Connection
Nevertheless, the film's literal-mindedness—from its referential title to its carefully curated soundtrack to its doggedly standard cops vs. «Weekly Alibi, Jun 15»
Sex trafficking in old Argentina, told in grim songs
Despite the seductive score, the tale is told with disappointing literal-mindedness and cliche-bound dialogue that grows purple with villains and ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
Who Owns The Buffalo?
Such a civilization is likely to develop a culture of rote learning, and perhaps a certain literal-mindedness, where meanings are rigid and fixed, ... «Swarajya, Jun 15»
Why America Demonizes Its Teachers
... the eclipse of reading, youth's literal-mindedness, its lack of intellectual curiosity, its inability to ask significant questions, and its disinclination ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's romantic mysteries
In the first place we can see how the Pre-Raphaelite taste for minute realism is profoundly attuned to the literal-mindedness of the 19th century. «The Australian, May 15»
You Might Feel Uncomfortable Laughing at Sofia Vergara in Hot …
Cooper's a rule follower, not a rule breaker, and her literal-mindedness gets her into trouble. That's why Vergara's flamboyant Riva, with her ... «LA Weekly, May 15»
