Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. 1. Introduction: Accidentals 1
5. 2. On the Threshold: Clue, Hint, Poem 18
6. 3 The Relevance of the Interesting 51
7. 4 Attention and Selection in a Phenomenal World 81
8. 5 Salience, or Finding the Point 134
9. 6 Communication, Translation, and Spirit 171
10. 7 Relevance Is God 189
11. 8 Resurrection and Reconstruction 224
12. 9 The History of Fallacies / The Sophistry of Criticism 277
13. 10 News and Orientation 331
14. Acknowledgments 363
15. Notes 367
16. Index 413