{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-symbolic-forms-volume-1-9781032474298","title":"The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Symbolic Forms\u003c\/i\u003e is a milestone in twentieth century philosophy. Promoting a philosophical vision informed by Kant, it incorporates the philosophical advances achieved in the nineteenth century by German Idealism and Neo-Kantianism, whilst acknowledging the contributions made by his contemporary phenomenologists. It also encompasses empirical and historical research on culture and the most contemporary work on myth, linguistics and psychopathology. As such, it ranks in philosophical importance along with other major works of the twentieth century, such as Edmund Husserl's \u003ci\u003eLogical Investigations\u003c\/i\u003e, Martin Heidegger's \u003ci\u003eBeing and Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and Ludwig Wittgenstein's \u003ci\u003eTractatus Logico-Philosophicus.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first volume, Cassirer explores the symbolic form of language. Already recognized by thinkers in the tradition of German Idealism, such as Wilhelm von Humboldt, language is the primary medium by which we interact with\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The three volumes of \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Symbolic Forms\u003c\/i\u003e focus on language, myth, and science respectively, offering fascinating, if necessarily fragmentary and speculative, accounts of how each develops in the direction of increasing freedom and universality… the basic insight of \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Symbolic Forms\u003c\/i\u003e is one that continues to inform the humanities today. The categories we use to understand the world aren’t a passive reflection of the way things really are; rather, we actively create systems of meaning that evolve over time.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e- Adam Kirsch, New York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eForeword\u003c\/em\u003e Peter E. Gordon \u003ci\u003eTranslator’s Preface \u003c\/i\u003eSteve G. Lofts \u003ci\u003eTranslator’s Introduction: The Question Concerning the Human – Life, Form, and Freedom: On the Way to an Open Cosmopolitanism \u003c\/i\u003eSteve G. Lofts \u003ci\u003eTranslator’s Acknowledgements \u003c\/i\u003eSteve G. Lofts \u003cem\u003ePreface\u003c\/em\u003e Introduction and the Framing of the Problem \u003cstrong\u003eVolume 1: Toward a Phenomenology of the Linguistic Form\u003c\/strong\u003e 1. The Problem of Language in the History of Philosophy 2. Language in the Phase of Sensible Expression 3. Language in the Phase of Intuitive Expression 4. Language as the Expression of Conceptual Thinking: The Form of Linguistic Concept and Class Formation 5. Language and the Expression of the Pure Forms of Relation: The Sphere of Judgment and the Concepts of Relation [\u003cem\u003eRelation\u003c\/em\u003e]. \u003ci\u003eGlossary of German Terms Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019075715415,"sku":"9781032474298","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032474298.jpg?v=1750779224","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-philosophy-of-symbolic-forms-volume-1-9781032474298","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}