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Notes in Jan 2018

By Davood Gozli | 28/01/201817/08/2018 by Davood Gozli

Let’s continue with Robert Sokolowski’s Phenomenology of the Human Person. “The fourth [philosophical layer of language use] is parasitic on the third [declarative level], and the third finds its completion in the fourth. In carrying out philosophical discourse we enhance the agency of truth that occurs on the third level, but that agency must already be there waiting to be enhanced.” (Sokolowski, 2008, p. 34) Before addressing Sokolowski’s passage, a short side-note is in order.…

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Notes in Jan 2018

By Davood Gozli | 27/01/201817/08/2018 by Davood Gozli

“The appropriate whole for language, the whole within which all the parts make sense, is the third [declarative] level, the one on which ‘we’ come to light as the ones who use the language.” — Phenomenology of the Human Person (Sokolowski, 2008, p. 33) In this book, Sokolowski uses language as an entry point into a philosophical study of what it means to be a person. He divides different uses of language into four layers:…

Notes in Jan 2018

By Davood Gozli | 26/01/201817/08/2018 by Davood Gozli

I should start writing again, if for no reason other than letting you know what I have been up to. It is quiet here. And there are not many points of reference against which I could keep my state of mind in check. What do I do these days? I wake up, drink coffee, read, walk to the office, read, prepare lectures, teach, read, write occasionally, come back home. What am I reading? We will…

Academia interview Writing

Interview with Michael Billig

By Davood Gozli | 26/05/201501/06/2021 by Davood Gozli

It is often assumed that technical writing is more precise than ordinary language. In my view, the reverse is often the case, especially when it comes to writing about human actions.