The Future of Post-Human Phonology: Towards a ew Theory of Generality and Specificity

The Future of Post-Human Phonology The Future of Post-Human Phonology Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data CONTENTS TABLES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS PART ONE: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION—THE USE OF PHONOLOGY To Generalize or Not to Generalize Definition and History of Phonology Generality and Specificity in Phonology Diverse Aspects of Phonology The Theoretical Debate The Inclusivist Theory of Phonology Theory and Meta-Theory The Logic of Existential Dialectics Sophisticated Methodological Holism Chapter Outline Some Clarifications PART TWO: GENERALITY CHAPTER 2: GENERALITY AND ITS DUBIOUSNESS The Significance of Generality Generality and the Mind Generality and ̊ature Generality and Society Generality and Culture The Insignificance of Generality PART THREE: SPECIFICITY CHAPTER 3: SPECIFICITY AND ITS PROBLEMATICNESS The Usefulness of Specificity Specificity and the Mind Specificity and ̨ature Specificity and Society Specificity and Culture The Uselessness of Specificity PART FOUR: CONCLUSION CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION-THE FUTURE OF PHONOLOGY Beyond Generality and Specificity In Relation to Method In Relation to Structure In Relation to Process In Relation to Agency In Relation to Outcome 35th Thesis: The Post-Human Inclusion Towards the Post-Human Inclusion BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX