Image from Google Jackets

Cassirer's Metaphysics of symbolic forms : a philosophical commentary / Thora Ilin Bayer ; with an introductory essay by Donald Phillip Verene.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, [(c)2001.]Description: 1 online resource (210 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300127171
  • 0300127170
  • 1281740748
  • 9781281740748
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • B3216.33
Online resources:
Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
CONTENTS -- Introduction: The Development of Cassirer�s Philosophy by DonaldP hillip Verene -- PART I The Early Texts: Life and Spirit -- Chapter 2 The Object of Philosophy -- Chapter 1 Life and Spir it -- PART II The Late Text: Basis Phenomena -- Chapter 3 Basis Phenomena -- Chapter 4 The Work of Philosophy -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Bayer provides an introduction to the metaphysical views that underlie the philosopher's conceptions of symbolic form and human culture. It focuses on the meaning of Cassirer's claim that philosophy is not itself a symbolic form but the thought around which all aspects of human activity are seen as a whole. Underlying the symbolic forms are Cassirer's two metaphysical principles, spirit (Geist) and life, which interact to produce the reality of the human world. The book shows how these two principles of Cassirer's early philosophy are connected with the phenomenology of his later philosophy, which centres on his conception of 'basis phenomena' - self, will, and work.
Item type: Online Book
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number URL Status Date due Barcode
Online Book G. Allen Fleece Library Online Non-fiction B3216.33 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn182530678

Includes bibliographies and index.

Bayer provides an introduction to the metaphysical views that underlie the philosopher's conceptions of symbolic form and human culture. It focuses on the meaning of Cassirer's claim that philosophy is not itself a symbolic form but the thought around which all aspects of human activity are seen as a whole. Underlying the symbolic forms are Cassirer's two metaphysical principles, spirit (Geist) and life, which interact to produce the reality of the human world. The book shows how these two principles of Cassirer's early philosophy are connected with the phenomenology of his later philosophy, which centres on his conception of 'basis phenomena' - self, will, and work.

CONTENTS -- Introduction: The Development of Cassirer�s Philosophy by DonaldP hillip Verene -- PART I The Early Texts: Life and Spirit -- Chapter 2 The Object of Philosophy -- Chapter 1 Life and Spir it -- PART II The Late Text: Basis Phenomena -- Chapter 3 Basis Phenomena -- Chapter 4 The Work of Philosophy -- Bibliography -- Index

COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:

https://lib.ciu.edu/copyright-request-form

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha