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Philosophy in a New Key:

A Study in the Symbolism of Reason, Rite and Art
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Harvard University Press, 1957 - 313 pagine

Modern theories of meaning usually culminate in a critique of science. This book presents a study of human intelligence beginning with a semantic theory and leading into a critique of music.

By implication it sets up a theory of all the arts; the transference of its basic concepts to other arts than music is not developed, but it is sketched, mainly in the chapter on artistic import. Thoughtful readers of the original edition discovered these far-reaching ideas quickly enough as the career of the book shows: it is as applicable to literature, art and music as to the field of philosophy itself.

The topics it deals with are many: language, sacrament, myth, music, abstraction, fact, knowledge--to name only the main ones. But through them all goes the principal theme, symbolic transformation as the essential activity of human minds. This central idea, emphasizing as it does the notion of symbolism, brings Mrs. Langer's book into line with the prevailing interest in semantics. All profound issues of our age seem to center around the basic concepts of symbolism and meaning. The formative, creative, articulating power of symbols is the tonic chord which thinkers of all schools and many diverse fields are unmistakably striking; the surprising, far-reaching implications of this new fundamental conception constitute what Mrs. Langer has called "philosophy in a new key."

Mrs. Langer's book brings the discussion of symbolism into a wider general use than criticism of word meaning. Her volume is vigorous, effective, and well written and will appeal to everyone interested in the contemporary problems of philosophy.

  

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It's taking me a while to get through this one, and I find myself re-reading parts of it before going on. I'm taken with Langer's claim that what sets humans apart from animals is not our ability to ... Leggi recensione completa

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An absolute "must read" for anyone interested in the nature of language, and non-linguistic forms (symbols) for communicating meaning. . . Leggi recensione completa

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Indice

The New Key
3
Symbolic Transformation
26
The Logic of Signs and Symbols
53
Discursive and Presentational Forms
79
Language
103
LifeSymbols The Roots of Sacrament
144
LifeSymbols The Roots of Myth
171
On Significance in Music
204
The Genesis of Artistic Import
246
The Fabric of Meaning
266
Copyright

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A. N. Whitehead abstraction activity actual aesthetic Amala and Kamala animal apes articulate artistic Aveyron become behavior believe called character Charles Peirce chimpanzee conceive conception connotation culture-hero dance denotation discursive dream emotional empiricism epistemology essentially experience expression fact fairytale fantasy feeling formulation function gesture Grace De Laguna Helen Keller Hina Hine-nui-te-po human Ibid ideas images imagination important intellectual interest interpretation Kalevala knowledge L. A. Reid language literal logical lunar deity magic Maui meaning mental merely metaphorical metaphysical mind moon myth mythology natural notion object origin pattern person philosophy physical picture practical present primitive probably problem propositions psychology purely reality reason relation religion rhythm rites ritual Roger Fry savage semantic sense sense-data significant form signs sounds speech story structure symbolistic theory things thinking thought tion tonal truth verbal virtue vocal whole words

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Informazioni bibliografiche

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TitoloPhilosophy in a New Key: A Study in the Symbolism of Reason, Rite and Art
Volume 17 di Harvard paperback, ISSN 0073-0602
AutoreSusanne Katherina Knauth Langer
Edizione3, illustrata, ristampa
EditoreHarvard University Press, 1957
ISBN0674039947, 9780674039940
Lunghezza313 pagine
  
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