Overview
- Shows how philosophy of science requires a more general philosophy of culture
- Discusses Cassirer’s concept of “symbolic form” in depth
- Examines the various modes of semiotic construction in science, myth, language and technology
Part of the book series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics (SAPERE, volume 55)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
Keywords
- Non-Euclidean Geometries
- Group of Transformation
- Felix Klein
- Geometry and Philosophy
- Transcendental Perspective
- Substantial Versus Functional Knowledge
- Grammatical Versus Functional Construction of Reality
- Post-Kantian Philosophy
- Transcendental Role of Symbolic Processes
- Symbolic Practices
- Cassirer’s Notion of “Symbolic Form”
- Expression as Sense-making Process
- Trans-categorial Operators in Myth and Ritual
About this book
This book presents the transformation of Cassirer’s transcendental point of view. At an early stage, Cassirer was confronted with a scientific crisis triggered by the emergence of various forms of objective knowledge, such as the plurality of geometric axiom systems and non-Euclidean geometry in relativistic physics. He finally developed a solution to the problematic unity of objective knowledge by replacing the overarching notion of objectivity with that of forms of objectification. This led him to consider the notion of “symbolic forms” as the driving force in the objectification process. This concept would become instrumental in demonstrating that the objective and human sciences are not adversaries; they merely differ in their modes of semiotic construction. These modes cannot be summarized in a fixed list of symbolic forms but operate transversally, at a level where Cassirer distinguishes between three specific operators: Expression, Evocation and Objectification. The last part of the book investigates how the relationships between these three operators stabilize specific symbolic forms. Four of these forms are then studied as examples: Myth and Ritual, Language, Scientific Knowledge, and Technology.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cassirer’s Transformation: From a Transcendental to a Semiotic Philosophy of Forms
Authors: Jean Lassègue
Series Title: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42905-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42904-1Published: 12 March 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42907-2Published: 12 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-42905-8Published: 11 March 2020
Series ISSN: 2192-6255
Series E-ISSN: 2192-6263
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 190
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Science, Semiotics, Epistemology