The Ecology of Attention [terms]

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(noun) the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration / (noun) a highly rhetorical speech

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There is conversation (rather than peroration)

—p.85 Presential Attention (83) by Yves Citton

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There is conversation (rather than peroration)

—p.85 Presential Attention (83) by Yves Citton

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(from Greek) a figure of speech in which a word or a phrase from figurative speech is used in a new context

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That towards which our reflexive attention tends (adtendere) belongs to what narratology calls a metalepsis, by which it refers to the collapse of two narrative levels that are imagined to be distinct and impermeable

—p.160 Reflexive Attention (139) by Yves Citton

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That towards which our reflexive attention tends (adtendere) belongs to what narratology calls a metalepsis, by which it refers to the collapse of two narrative levels that are imagined to be distinct and impermeable

—p.160 Reflexive Attention (139) by Yves Citton

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(adjective) depending on an uncertain event or contingency as to both profit and loss / (adjective) relating to luck and especially to bad luck

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The aleatory interplay of these factors

—p.175 Conclusion: Towards an Attention Ecology (171) by Yves Citton

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The aleatory interplay of these factors

—p.175 Conclusion: Towards an Attention Ecology (171) by Yves Citton

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