Healing Conceptual Blindness

Pat C. Hoy New York University

Abstract

This essay considers an essential act of seeing that is central to the composing process—a conceptual moment when the mind acquires a notional sense of what the accumulated evidence means. Yet this necessary conceptual thing cannot actually be seen in any ordinary sense of the word. Imaginal rather than pictorial, the conception is crucial to the effective teaching of writing. Without it there is no hint of idea, no basis for a coherent argument. Without it, student writers remain blinded by the evidence.

Journal
Rhetoric Review
Published
2009-06-12
DOI
10.1080/07350190902958933
CompPile
Search in CompPile ↗
Open Access
Closed
Topics
Export

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (0)

No articles in this index cite this work.

References (9)

  1. The Forgèd Feature: Toward a Poetics of Uncertainty: New and Selected Essays
  2. Dillard, Annie. 1977.Holy the Firm, 13–19. New York: HarperCollins.
  3. Occasions for Writing: Evidence, Idea, Essay
  4. 39 Microlectures: In Proximity of Performance
  5. Spring
Show all 9 →
  1. The Collected Works of C. G. Jung
  2. Feeling and Form: A Theory of Art
  3. The Idea of a University
  4. Appreciations: With an Essay on Style