Format:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (228 p.))
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780511663864
Content:
Symbolism is a primary characteristic of the mind, deployed and displayed in every aspect of our thought and culture. In this important and broad-ranging book, Israel Scheffler explores the various ways in which the mind functions symbolically. This involves considering not only the world of science and the arts, but also such activities as religious ritual and child's play. The book offers an integrated treatment of ambiguity and metaphor, analyses of play and ritual, and an extended discussion of the relations between scientific symbol systems and reality. What emerges is a picture of the basic symbol-forming character of the mind. In addition to philosophers of art and science, likely readers of this book will include students of linguistics, semiotics, anthropology, religion, and psychology.
Note:
Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Feb 2013)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521564250
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-052-156-425-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511663864
URL:
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