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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bayer, Thora Ilin, 1966-

Contributor:

Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945. Philosophie der symbolischen Formen--t. 4.

Cassirer, Ernst.

Symbolism.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (210 p.))

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book-the first commentary on Ernst Cassirer's Metaphysics of Symbolic Forms-provides an introduction to the metaphysical views that underlie the philosopher's conceptions of symbolic form and human culture. Thora Ilin Bayer 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. Bayer shows how these two principles of Cassirer's early philosophy are connected with the phenomenology of his later philosophy, which centers on his conception of "basis phenomena"-self, will, and work.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

I. Life and Spirit

2. The Object of Philosophy

3. Basis Phenomena

4. The Work of Philosophy

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-204) and index.

Related Work:

Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945. Philosophie der symbolischen Formen. T. 4.

ISBN:

9786611740740

9781281740748

1281740748

9780300127171

0300127170

OCLC:

1024005476