{"product_id":"texts-jorge-j-e-gracia-9780791429020","title":"Texts: Ontological Status, Identity, Author, Audience","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvides an ontological characterization of texts, explores the issues raised by the identity of various texts, and presents a view of the function of authors and audiences, and of their relations to texts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book completes the theory of textuality whose logical and epistemological dimensions were presented in Gracia's book, A Theory of Textuality: The Logic and Epistemology (SUNY Press). It provides an ontological characterization of texts consistent with the conception of texts defended in the earlier book; it explores the issues raised by the identity of various texts; and it presents a view of the identity and function of authors and audiences and of their relations to texts. The discussion is systematic, comprehensive, and detailed. Gracia raises all of the important issues related to texts within the areas he explores and takes into account the pertinent literature. The style is argumentative and clear, and the position Gracia defends is based on common sense. He stays clear of the extreme views some contemporary authors have taken with respect to texts and textuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the only book of its kind. It is the first to develop a comprehensive theory and to adopt an integrative approach where the issues and their solutions are seen as closely connected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jorge J. E. Gracia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791429024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791429020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 5.98w x 0.57d","brand":"Jorge J. E. Gracia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065125089535,"sku":"9780791429020","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ed546ef9-e2c1-4be3-926b-6ee331995d4e.jpg?v=1768673154","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/texts-jorge-j-e-gracia-9780791429020","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}