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Symbolic Worlds - Art, Science, Language, Ritual (Hardcover, New)
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Symbolic Worlds - Art, Science, Language, Ritual (Hardcover, New)
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Symbolism is a primary characteristic of the mind, deployed and
displayed in every aspect of our thought and culture. In this
important and broad-ranging book, Israel Scheffler explores the
various ways in which the mind functions symbolically. This
involves considering not only the world of science and the arts,
but also such activities as religious ritual and child's play. The
book offers an integrated treatment of ambiguity and metaphor,
analyses of play and ritual, and an extended discussion of the
relations between scientific symbol systems and reality. What
emerges is a picture of the basic symbol-forming character of the
mind. In addition to philosophers of art and science, likely
readers of this book will include students of linguistics,
semiotics, anthropology, religion, and psychology.
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