Interpreting Texts and Interpreting Nature: The Effects of Literacy on Hermeneutics and Epistemology.

Olson, David R.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Interpreting Texts and Interpreting Nature: The Effects of Literacy on Hermeneutics and Epistemology.

Olson, David R.

Visible Language, v20 n3 p302-17 Sum 1986

Argues that literacy has indirect cognitive effects through the conceptual distinctions and social practices that it fosters. Examines the distinction between what is given in a text and what is inferred by readers. Argues that children's acquisition of this distinction is decisive in the development of a literary thought mode. (JD)

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Cognitive Processes, Critical Reading, Epistemology, Interpretive Skills, Language Acquisition, Reader Text Relationship

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Language: English

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