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Ordinary language film studies

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This essay explains Ordinary Language Philosophy (OLP), because it is relatively unfamiliar to those working in the field of Film-Philosophy, and proposes it as beneficial to film study. OLP provides us with a method of philosophising in relation to films that (1) is not theoretical, paradigmatic or thematic, and is therefore potentially unrestrained because it is not a priori or determining; that (2) is context sensitive, proceeding on a case-by-case basis, while also capable of synoptic overview (through connective analysis); that (3) encourages conceptual clarification and responsive articulation in order to present a perspicacious picture of individual films and our experience of them; and that (4) can act therapeutically by uncoupling us from unhelpful linguistic attachments that may restrict, helping us to see anew.
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Published
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University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
English Faculty
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English Faculty
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Publisher:
Dutch Association of Aesthetics
Journal:
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Volume:
3
Issue:
2
Pages:
387-406
Publication date:
2020-07-27
Acceptance date:
2020-07-24
ISSN:
2352-2704


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English
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1121210
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2020-07-27
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