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Tradition and Individuality: Essays - Synthese Library J.C. Nyiri 1992 edition
Tradition and Individuality: Essays - Synthese Library
J.C. Nyiri
A volume of essays on the themes of tradition, oral communication versus literal communication, Wittgenstein, and computers. Under conditions of primary orality traditions fulfilled the specific cognitive role of conserving information -- a role subsequently taken over by writing, and today by electronic data processing.
180 pages, biography