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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author Ernst Cassirer
authorNationality German
authorOccupation philosopher
centralClaim culture is a system of symbolic forms
human experience is mediated by symbolic systems
centralConcept symbolic form
countryOfOrigin Germany
focusesOn art as a symbolic form
language as a symbolic form
myth as a symbolic form
religion as a symbolic form
science as a symbolic form
genre non-fiction
philosophy
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surface form: The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Volume 1: Language

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surface form: The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Volume 3: The Phenomenology of Knowledge
influenced philosophical anthropology
philosophy of culture in the 20th century
semiotics
structuralism
influencedBy Friedrich Albert Lange
Hermann Cohen
Immanuel Kant
language German
mainSubject epistemology
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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philosophicalTradition Marburg School
publicationPeriod 1920s
volumeCount 3

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Substance and Function precedes The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
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