The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
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The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms is Ernst Cassirer’s major three-volume work that develops a neo-Kantian theory of human culture through the analysis of symbolic systems such as language, myth, art, and science.
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Target entity: The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms Context triple: [Ernst Cassirer, notableWork, The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms]
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Target entity: The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms Target entity description: The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms is Ernst Cassirer’s major three-volume work that develops a neo-Kantian theory of human culture through the analysis of symbolic systems such as language, myth, art, and science.
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A.
The Phenomenon of Man
The Phenomenon of Man is a philosophical and theological work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores human evolution and consciousness within a cosmic, spiritually oriented framework.
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B.
The Tacit Dimension
The Tacit Dimension is a 1966 philosophical work by Michael Polanyi that explores the idea that much of human knowledge is implicit and cannot be fully articulated in explicit terms.
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C.
Process and Reality
Process and Reality is Alfred North Whitehead’s seminal philosophical work that lays out his influential process philosophy and metaphysical system of “process thought.”
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D.
The Perennial Philosophy
The Perennial Philosophy is Aldous Huxley’s influential 1945 work of comparative mysticism that explores the shared spiritual truths underlying the world’s major religious traditions.
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E.
The World as Will and Representation
The World as Will and Representation is Arthur Schopenhauer’s major philosophical work, presenting a pessimistic metaphysical system that interprets reality as driven by an irrational will and accessible to us through representation.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
book
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book ⓘ book ⓘ book series ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Ernst Cassirer ⓘ |
| authorNationality | German ⓘ |
| authorOccupation | philosopher ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
culture is a system of symbolic forms
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human experience is mediated by symbolic systems ⓘ |
| centralConcept | symbolic form ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
art as a symbolic form
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language as a symbolic form ⓘ myth as a symbolic form ⓘ religion as a symbolic form ⓘ science as a symbolic form ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
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surface form:
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Volume 1: Language
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Volume 2: Mythical Thought
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Volume 3: The Phenomenology of Knowledge
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| influenced |
philosophical anthropology
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philosophy of culture in the 20th century ⓘ semiotics ⓘ structuralism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Albert Lange
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Hermann Cohen ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
epistemology
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myth ⓘ mythical consciousness ⓘ philosophical anthropology ⓘ philosophy of culture ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ symbolic forms ⓘ symbolic function of language ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ theory of symbolism ⓘ |
| movement | Neo-Kantianism ⓘ |
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The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
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The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms self-linksurface differs ⓘ The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Marburg School ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| volumeCount | 3 ⓘ |
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