{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-symbolic-forms-volume-1-language-paperback-1","title":"The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Volume 1: Language - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErnst Cassirer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 others and form a common world. As Cassirer emphasizes in the famous Davos Debate with Heidegger, 'there is one objective human world, in which a bridge is built from individual to individual. That I find in the primal phenomenon of language.' The famous \u003ci\u003etrias\u003c\/i\u003e Cassirer discerns in the functioning of language - the functions of expression (\u003ci\u003eAusdruck\u003c\/i\u003e), presentation (\u003ci\u003eDarstellung\u003c\/i\u003e), and signification (\u003ci\u003eBedeutung\u003c\/i\u003e) - has become paradigmatic for accounts of language, philosophical, linguistic, and anthropological alike.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSebastian Luft, Professor of Philosophy, Marquette University, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new translation makes Cassirer's seminal work available to a new generation of scholars. Each volume includes a translator's introduction by Steve G. Lofts, a foreword by Peter E. Gordon, a glossary of key terms, and an index. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErnst Cassirer\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Germany 1874 in the city of Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland). He taught at Hamburg University from 1919 to 1933, and then at All Souls College, Oxford, before emigrating to Sweden and then to the United States. Through its creative interpretation of Kant's philosophy combined with a deep knowledge of the role of language and culture, Cassirer's work is regarded as indispensable to understanding the relationship between the two major traditions in twentieth-century philosophy, the \"analytic\" and the \"continental\". Cassirer's philosophy is unique, as it sought a common ground between the scientific and humanistic worldviews which frequently divided these two traditions, exemplified in his famous debate with Martin Heidegger at Davos in 1929. His work resulted in the monumental \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Symbolic Forms\u003c\/i\u003e as well as several books on the philosophy of humanism and the Enlightenment. He taught at the universities of Yale and Columbia in the early 1940s and died in New York in 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve G. Lofts is Professor of Philosophy at King's University College, Canada. He is the translator of Cassirer's \u003ci\u003eThe Logic of the Cultural Sciences \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Warburg Years (1919-1933): Essays on Language, Art, Myth, and Technology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 398\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9.21 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45852102721733,"sku":"9781032474298","price":74.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/XFFFKLoQ9J9781032474298_32571145-a0f9-4f01-8613-846afb6ef263.webp?v=1771450279","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-philosophy-of-symbolic-forms-volume-1-language-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}