| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 278 pages) |
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American philosophy |
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American philosophy.
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| Contents |
The roots of Langer's philosophical project : on the "logic" of meaning -- Symbolic transformation : philosophy's new key -- Meaning after language : ritual, myth, and art -- Framing the art symbol : forms of feeling -- Art forms : the logic of primary illusions -- The mind of feeling -- From acts to symbolization -- The symbolic animal -- Placing Langer's philosophical project |
| Summary |
Susanne Langer (1895 -- 1985) was one of American philosophy's most distinctive thinkers. Her philosophy was a deep exploration of human life as a continuous process of meaning-making through symbolic forms. Here, Robert E. Innis brings readers closer to Langer's precise and nuanced account of the symbolic mind. Innis shows how Langer's thought spans the sciences, aesthetics, psychology, religion, education, and music, and where it touches on concerns that were brought forward by American pragmatists such |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Langer, Susanne K. (Susanne Katherina Knauth), 1895-1985.
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| SUBJECT |
Langer, Susanne K. (Susanne Katherina Knauth), 1895-1985 fast |
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Philosophy, American -- 20th century.
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Art -- United States -- Philosophy -- 20th century
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Art -- Philosophy
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Philosophy, American
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008029698 |
| ISBN |
0253002710 |
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9780253002716 |
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1282103431 |
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9781282103436 |
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9786612103438 |
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6612103434 |
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