{"title":"Prof. David Arndt","description":"\u003cp\u003eProf. David Arndt’s works delve into the intricate relationship between language and thought, offering insightful perspectives on the art and philosophy of writing. His books invite readers to explore how writing shapes human understanding and communication, making complex ideas accessible through clear, thoughtful prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e category, Arndt’s publications serve as valuable resources for students, educators, and anyone interested in the theoretical foundations of writing and its role in learning. His approach blends scholarly rigour with engaging exploration, enriching conversations around both philosophy and writing practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"philosophy-of-writing-by-prof-david-arndt-9781350473898","title":"Philosophy of Writing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy write? Why care about writing well?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost philosophers have seen writing as inferior to speech as a way to move toward truth. Just a few thinkers—including Epictetus, Nietzsche, Arendt, Foucault, Morrison, and Anzaldúa—have said that writing itself can be part of the search for understanding. But how can this be true?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this pathbreaking work, David Arndt argues that our views of writing have been distorted by common concepts of truth, goodness, and beauty, and that we have to critically rethink these concepts in order to better understand in what senses writing can be beautiful, good, and true. He distinguishes several kinds of thought (demonstrative, interpretive, perspectival, and narrative), and explains how they are articulated in different genres of writing (papers, essays, dialogues, and stories). He ends with fifty principles of composition that guide writing at its best. \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy of Writing\u003c\/em\u003e is both a philosophical meditation on writing and a practical handbook on how to write.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis luminous and illuminating book shows—in prose that is clear, graceful, and occasionally witty—how writing has been practiced as a kind of meditation conducive to the search for wisdom. But it also shows how this practice opens the deepest questions of philosophy, and calls into question the meaning of philosophy itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597504332012,"sku":"9781350473898","price":38.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/b0eeba8c137de646ba34fbc2a307343d.jpg?v=1778038330"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/prof-david-arndt.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}