ERIC Number: EJ1466490
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 26
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Composition Naturalized
Aaron Stoller; Chris Schacht
Education and Culture, v40 n1 p26-50 2024
The emergence of Large Language Models has exposed composition studies' long-standing commitment to Cartesian assumptions that position writing as a nonmaterial, distinctly human activity. This paper develops a naturalized theory of composition grounded in Deweyan pragmatic naturalism that dissolves the nature/culture dualism embedded in contemporary theory and practice. We advance an eco-ontological account that understands compositional activity as emerging from within the matrix of animal behavior and introduce "compositional viability" to theorize how writing functions as a biosemiotic tool for environmental reconstruction. This framework yields three pedagogical implications: attending to somaesthetics, cultivating writerly habits, and orienting composition toward viable action.
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Writing Processes, Writing Attitudes, Educational Philosophy, Writing Instruction, Semiotics, Educational Theories, Pragmatics
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Language: English
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