Lawrence J. Hatab is Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Philosophy at Old Dominion University. He is the author of Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality (2008), Nietzsche’s Life Sentence: Coming to Terms With Eternal Recurrence (2005), Ethics and Finitude: Heideggerian Contributions to Moral Philosophy (2000), A Nietzschean Defense of Democracy: An Experiment in Postmodern Politics (1995) and Myth and Philosophy: A Contest of Truths (1990).

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Proto-Phenomenology and Language: A Summary of Volume I1. Proto-Phenomenology and the Lived World2. The Personal-World3. The Environing-World4. The Social-World5. Projection6. Temporality7. Embodiment8. Disclosure and Interpretation9. Language10. Truth and PluralismChapter 2: The Child's World1. Ecstatic Dwelling2. The Personal-Social-World3. The Environing-World4. Affective Attunement5. Projection6. Temporality and History7. Embodiment8. On the Way to LanguageChapter 3: Language Acquisition1. Natural Language2. The Phenomenological Priority of Language3. Language Learning and Dwelling4. The Personal-Social-World5. Embodiment and the Environing-World6. Temporality and History7. Differential Fitness, Development, and Truth8. SummaryChapter 4: Orality and Literacy1. Oral and Written Language: Two Different Worlds?2. The Alphabet and Learning How to Read and Write3. Orality in Ancient Greece4. Elements o

Written with elegance and ease, Lawrence J. Hatab's book argues that language is embedded in the lived world. Its thorough description of experiences that are not usually considered by philosophy adds a note of surprise. By the end of the book, the reader has gained valuable insights into child development, language acquisition, orality, and the emergence of literacy. This is phenomenological description at its best. Because it uses indicative and not technical concepts, the book can be read not only by experts in phenomenology but also by all those interested in the wonder of human language.

Lawrence J. Hatab is Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Philosophy at Old Dominion University. He is the author of Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality (2008), Nietzsche’s Life Sentence: Coming to Terms With Eternal Recurrence (2005), Ethics and Finitude: Heideggerian Contributions to Moral Philosophy (2000), A Nietzschean Defense of Democracy: An Experiment in Postmodern Politics (1995) and Myth and Philosophy: A Contest of Truths (1990).

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Proto-Phenomenology and Language: A Summary of Volume I1. Proto-Phenomenology and the Lived World2. The Personal-World3. The Environing-World4. The Social-World5. Projection6. Temporality7. Embodiment8. Disclosure and Interpretation9. Language10. Truth and PluralismChapter 2: The Child's World1. Ecstatic Dwelling2. The Personal-Social-World3. The Environing-World4. Affective Attunement5. Projection6. Temporality and History7. Embodiment8. On the Way to LanguageChapter 3: Language Acquisition1. Natural Language2. The Phenomenological Priority of Language3. Language Learning and Dwelling4. The Personal-Social-World5. Embodiment and the Environing-World6. Temporality and History7. Differential Fitness, Development, and Truth8. SummaryChapter 4: Orality and Literacy1. Oral and Written Language: Two Different Worlds?2. The Alphabet and Learning How to Read and Write3. Orality in Ancient Greece4. Elements o

Written with elegance and ease, Lawrence J. Hatab's book argues that language is embedded in the lived world. Its thorough description of experiences that are not usually considered by philosophy adds a note of surprise. By the end of the book, the reader has gained valuable insights into child development, language acquisition, orality, and the emergence of literacy. This is phenomenological description at its best. Because it uses indicative and not technical concepts, the book can be read not only by experts in phenomenology but also by all those interested in the wonder of human language.

Lawrence J. Hatab is Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Philosophy at Old Dominion University. He is the author of Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality (2008), Nietzsche’s Life Sentence: Coming to Terms With Eternal Recurrence (2005), Ethics and Finitude: Heideggerian Contributions to Moral Philosophy (2000), A Nietzschean Defense of Democracy: An Experiment in Postmodern Politics (1995) and Myth and Philosophy: A Contest of Truths (1990).

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Proto-Phenomenology and Language: A Summary of Volume I1. Proto-Phenomenology and the Lived World2. The Personal-World3. The Environing-World4. The Social-World5. Projection6. Temporality7. Embodiment8. Disclosure and Interpretation9. Language10. Truth and PluralismChapter 2: The Child's World1. Ecstatic Dwelling2. The Personal-Social-World3. The Environing-World4. Affective Attunement5. Projection6. Temporality and History7. Embodiment8. On the Way to LanguageChapter 3: Language Acquisition1. Natural Language2. The Phenomenological Priority of Language3. Language Learning and Dwelling4. The Personal-Social-World5. Embodiment and the Environing-World6. Temporality and History7. Differential Fitness, Development, and Truth8. SummaryChapter 4: Orality and Literacy1. Oral and Written Language: Two Different Worlds?2. The Alphabet and Learning How to Read and Write3. Orality in Ancient Greece4. Elements o

Written with elegance and ease, Lawrence J. Hatab's book argues that language is embedded in the lived world. Its thorough description of experiences that are not usually considered by philosophy adds a note of surprise. By the end of the book, the reader has gained valuable insights into child development, language acquisition, orality, and the emergence of literacy. This is phenomenological description at its best. Because it uses indicative and not technical concepts, the book can be read not only by experts in phenomenology but also by all those interested in the wonder of human language.