Symbolism is a primary characteristic of mind, displayed in every variety of thought and department of culture.
An edition of Symbolic Worlds
(1996)
Symbolic worlds
art, science, language, ritual
by Israel Scheffler
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Symbolism is a primary characteristic of mind, deployed and displayed in every aspect of 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 worlds of the sciences 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.
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Symbolic Worlds: Art, Science, Language, Ritual
May 1, 2009, Cambridge University Press
Paperback
in English
- 1 edition
0521052300 9780521052306
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Symbolic worlds: art, science, language, ritual
1997, Cambridge University Press
in English
0521564255 9780521564250
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Symbolic Worlds: Art, Science, Language, Ritual
November 28, 1996, Cambridge University Press
Hardcover
in English
0521564255 9780521564250
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