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...
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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
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Erscheinungsjahr des E-Books: 2010
I. Symbol and reference. 1. Introduction and background. 2. Denotation and mention-selection -- II. Symbol and ambiguity. 3. Ambiguity in language. 4. Ambiguity in pictures -- III. Symbol and metaphor. 5. Ten myths of metaphor. 6. Metaphor and context. 7. Mainsprings of metaphor / Israel Scheffler and Catherine Z. Elgin -- IV. Symbol, play, and art. 8. Reference and play. 9. Art, science, religion -- V. Symbol and ritual. 10. Aspects of ritual. 11. Ritual change -- VI. Symbol and reality. 12. Science and the world. 13. Worlds and versions. 14. World-features and discourse-dependence. 15. Worries about worldmaking
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...
more
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
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Erscheinungsjahr des E-Books: 2010
I. Symbol and reference. 1. Introduction and background. 2. Denotation and mention-selection -- II. Symbol and ambiguity. 3. Ambiguity in language. 4. Ambiguity in pictures -- III. Symbol and metaphor. 5. Ten myths of metaphor. 6. Metaphor and context. 7. Mainsprings of metaphor / Israel Scheffler and Catherine Z. Elgin -- IV. Symbol, play, and art. 8. Reference and play. 9. Art, science, religion -- V. Symbol and ritual. 10. Aspects of ritual. 11. Ritual change -- VI. Symbol and reality. 12. Science and the world. 13. Worlds and versions. 14. World-features and discourse-dependence. 15. Worries about worldmaking
