Ernst Cassirer And The Autonomy Of Language

Author : Gregory S. Moss
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780739186237

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Ernst Cassirer and the Autonomy of Language by Gregory S. Moss Pdf

Ernst Cassirer and the Autonomy of Language examines the central arguments in Cassirer’s first volume of the Philosophy of Symbolic Forms. Gregory Moss demonstrates both how Cassirer defends language as an autonomous cultural form and how he borrows the concept of the “concrete universal” from G. W. F. Hegel in order to develop a concept of cultural autonomy. While Cassirer rejected elements of Hegel’s methodology in order to preserve the autonomy of language, he also found it necessary to incorporate elements of Hegel’s method to save the Kantian paradigm from the pitfalls of skepticism. Moss advocates for the continuing relevanceof Cassirer’s work on language by situating it within in the context of contemporary linguistics and contemporary philosophy. This book provides a new program for investigating Cassirer’s work on the other forms of cultural symbolism in his Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, by showing how the autonomy of culture is one of the leading questions motivating Cassirer’s philosophy of culture. With a thorough comparison of Cassirer’s theory of symbolism to other dominant theories from the twentieth century, including Heidegger and Wittgenstein, this book provides valuable insight for studies in philosophy of language, semiotics, epistemology, pyscholinguistics, continental philosophy, Neo-Kantian philosophy, and German idealism.

Author : Ernst Cassirer
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1955-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0300000375

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The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms by Ernst Cassirer Pdf

The Symbolic Forms has long been considered the greatest of Cassirer's works. Into it he poured all the resources of his vast learning about language and myth, religion, art, and science--the various creative symbolizing activities and constructions through which man has expressed himself and given intelligible objective form to this experience. "These three volumes alone (apart from Cassirer's other papers and books) make an outstanding contribution to epistemology and to the human power of abstraction. It is rather as if 'The Golden Bough' had been written in philosophical rather than in historical terms."--F.I.G. Rawlins, Nature

Author : Samantha Matherne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351048842

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Cassirer by Samantha Matherne Pdf

Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945) occupies a unique place in 20th-century philosophy. His view that human beings are not rational but symbolic animals and his famous dispute with Martin Heidegger at Davos in 1929 are compelling alternatives to the deadlock between 'analytic' and 'continental' approaches to philosophy. An astonishing polymath, Cassirer's work pays equal attention to mathematics and natural science but also art, language, myth, religion, technology, and history. However, until now the importance of his work has largely been overlooked. In this outstanding introduction Samantha Matherne examines and assesses the full span of Cassirer’s work. Beginning with an overview of his life and works she covers the following important topics: Cassirer’s neo-Kantian background Philosophy of mathematics and natural science, including Cassirer’s first systematic work, Substance and Function, and subsequent works, like Einstein’s Theory of Relativity The problem of culture and the ground-breaking The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms Cassirer’s ethical and political thought and his diagnosis of fascism in The Myth of the State Cassirer’s influence and legacy. Including chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary of terms, this is an ideal introduction to Cassirer’s thought for anyone coming to his work for the first time. It is essential reading for students in philosophy as well as related disciplines such as intellectual history, art history, politics, and literature.

Author : Simon Truwant
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108496483

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Interpreting Cassirer by Simon Truwant Pdf

This rich collection of essays addresses all the key aspects of Cassirer's multi-faceted philosophical thought.

Author : Stanley Kent Stowers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197775677

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History and the Study of Religion by Stanley Kent Stowers Pdf

What is religion? How is religion constituted as a social entity? Is religion a useful category for historians, anthropologists, and sociologists? In History and the Study of Religion Stanley Stowers addresses these questions and discusses examples from ancient Greek, Roman, Judean and especially early Christian religion to illustrate a theory of religion as a social kind. He explains how ancient Mediterranean religion consisted of four sub-kinds: the religion of everyday social exchange, civic religion, the religion of literate and literary experts, and the religion of literate experts with political power. Through these categories he shows how Christianity arose and succeeded.

Author : Edward Skidelsky
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400828944

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Ernst Cassirer by Edward Skidelsky Pdf

This is the first English-language intellectual biography of the German-Jewish philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945), a leading figure on the Weimar intellectual scene and one of the last and finest representatives of the liberal-idealist tradition. Edward Skidelsky traces the development of Cassirer's thought in its historical and intellectual setting. He presents Cassirer, the author of The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, as a defender of the liberal ideal of culture in an increasingly fragmented world, and as someone who grappled with the opposing forces of scientific positivism and romantic vitalism. Cassirer's work can be seen, Skidelsky argues, as offering a potential resolution to the ongoing conflict between the "two cultures" of science and the humanities--and between the analytic and continental traditions in philosophy. The first comprehensive study of Cassirer in English in two decades, this book will be of great interest to analytic and continental philosophers, intellectual historians, political and cultural theorists, and historians of twentieth-century Germany.

Author : Ralf Müller,Raquel Bouso,Adam Loughnane
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030923211

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Tetsugaku Companion to Ueda Shizuteru by Ralf Müller,Raquel Bouso,Adam Loughnane Pdf

This book presents the first collection of essays on the philosophy of Ueda Shizuteru in a Western language. Ueda, the last living member of the Kyoto school, has fostered the East-West dialogue in all his works and has helped to open up the Western image of philosophy by engaging the Zen tradition. The book reflects this particular trait of Ueda’s philosophy, but it also covers all thematic fields of his writings. Contributions from both young and established scholars and experts from Japan, Europe and the U.S. make this a unique introduction to and reception of Ueda’s philosophy. Readers will discover discussions of mysticism in the East and West, and consideration of modern philosophy topics including self-awareness, nature and poetic language. The book also presents a focussed look at language and nothingness, considering silence and nihilism. Chapters allow the reader to understand the timeliness of a thinking that mediates and transcends the dichotomy of East and West. This volume will appeal not only to scholars of Nishida, Japanese philosophy, mysticism and religious experience in Japan, but also to scholars of Western philosophy, especially those interested in Meister Eckhart, Martin Heidegger and Martin Buber. It makes an ideal introduction to Zen philosophy and presents important contributions to scholarship on language and experience.

Author : Dustin Peone
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781793642233

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Shame, Fame, and the Technological Mentality by Dustin Peone Pdf

In Shame, Fame, and the Technological Mentality, Dustin Peone interrogates the modern human condition. Peone argues that shame and fear are constitutive of social order, but that these affects have been undermined by contemporary ideology. This subversion has created a novel breed of shameless and fearless human beings, with myriad social consequences. Peone next demonstrates an associated change in the role of fame in society: where once the desire for fame was tied to immortality through civic virtue, this connection has eroded, and fame is no longer connected to excellence. Finally, Peone analyzes the hegemonic role of technological thinking and its responsibility in accelerating these processes, cautioning against the deification of technology. In response to the technological mentality for navigating the modern world, Peone argues instead for an ethics of prudence and a doctrine of humor.

Author : John E. Joseph
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107149557

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Language, Mind and Body by John E. Joseph Pdf

Where is language? Centuries of efforts to 'incorporate' language lie behind current concepts of extended mind and embodied cognition. This book examines this question.

Author : Jeffrey Andrew Barash
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781459605596

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The Symbolic Construction of Reality by Jeffrey Andrew Barash Pdf

In 1933 eminent philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874 - 1945) fled Nazi Germany for the United States. His fame in Europe having already been established through a public debate with Martin Heidegger in 1929, Cassirer would go on to become a noteworthy influence on American culture. His most important early writings focused on the symbol and symbolic...

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004680173

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Kyoto in Davos. Intercultural Readings of the Cassirer-Heidegger Debate by Anonim Pdf

What does it mean to be human? We invite the reader to discuss this most fundamental issue in philosophy and to do so in an intercultural framework. The question of the human was the starting point for a legendary discussion between two German philosophers who met in Davos in 1929. We return to this historical event and re-imagine the debate between Martin Heidegger and Ernst Cassirer from a global perspective. Generating twenty papers from elaborate discussions, our authors contribute to the thought experiment by inviting the Japanese philosopher Nishida Kitarō from Kyoto and other Japanese thinkers into the debate to overcome the challenge of Eurocentrism inherent to these historic days in Davos.

Author : Ernst Cassirer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN : 042928246X

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The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms by Ernst Cassirer Pdf

Author : Ernst Cassirer
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486122274

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Language and Myth by Ernst Cassirer Pdf

In this important study, Cassirer analyzes the non-rational thought processes that go to make up culture. Includes studies of the metaphysics of the Bhagavat Gita, Ancient Egyptian religion, symbolic logic, and more.

Author : Eric Donald Hirsch
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1967-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0300016921

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Validity in Interpretation by Eric Donald Hirsch Pdf

The object of interpretation is textual meaning in and for itself and may be called the meaning of the text. The object of criticism, on the other hand, is that meaning in its bearing on something else (standards of value, present concerns, etc.), and this object may therefore may be called the significance of the text. If textual meaning itself could change, contemporary readers would lack a basis for agreement or disagreement. No one would bother seriously to discuss such a protean object. The interpreter has to distinguish what a text implies from what it does not imply; he must give the text its full due, but he must also preserve norms and limits. For hermeneutic theory, the problem is to find a principle for judging whether various possible implications should or should not be admitted. By classifying the text as belonging to a particular genre, the interpreter automatically posits a general horizon for its meaning. The genre provides a sense of the whole, a notion of typical meaning components. Thus, before we interpret a text, we often classify it as casual conversation, lyric poem, military command, scientific prose, occasional verse, novel, epic, etc. The interpreter's job is to specify the text's horizon as far as he is able, and this means, ultimately, that he must familiarize himself with the typical meanings of the author's mental and experiential world. Hermeneutics must stress the reconstruction of the author's aims and attitudes in order to evolve guides and norms for construing the meaning of the text. Ambiguity or, for that matter, vagueness is not the same as indeterminateness. This is the crux of the issue. To say that verbal meaning is determinate is not to exclude complexities of meaning but only to insist that a text's meaning is what it is and not a hundred other things. Taken in this sense, a vague or ambiguous text is just as determinate as a logical proposition; it means what it means and nothing else.

Author : Arno Schubbach
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110623635

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The Genesis of the Symbolic by Arno Schubbach Pdf

Ernst Cassirer’s philosophy of culture has been much discussed in recent years. However, it remains unclear how it evolved from his older theory of knowledge. This study deals with this question on the basis of Cassirer’s ‘disposition’ of a ‘philosophy of the symbolic’, reconstructed here for the first time. This text shows that the ‘symbolic’ refers to culture as a whole and to its inherent diversity. Therefore, ‘the symbolic’ includes the relationship between the general transcendental conditions of culture and its empirical specificities in language and languages, art and the arts, myth and myths, science and disciplines. Cassirer does not comprehend this empirical and specific reality of symbolization depending on pre-existing transcendental conditions. Instead, he proceeds from the empirical diversity of the symbolisations and reflects on their simultaneously general and specific conditions. Thus, Cassirer embarks on a path that he finds paved in Kant’s "Critique of Judgement": He consequently defines ‘the symbolic’ as the horizon for a reflective approach based on empirical findings – and not as the foundation of a systematic derivation of the diversity of culture in the style of the idealistic tradition.