Symbolic worlds : art, science, language, ritual / Israel Scheffler.
Symbolic worlds : art, science, language, ritual / Israel Scheffler.
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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N121.68/6
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English
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viii, 214 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
I. Symbol and reference. 1. Introduction and background. 2. Denotation and mention-selection -- II. Symbol and ambiguity. 3. Ambiguity in language. 4. Ambiguity in pictures -- III. Symbol and metaphor. 5. Ten myths of metaphor. 6. Metaphor and context. 7. Mainsprings of metaphor / Israel Scheffler a...
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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England
Date Published
1997.
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Symbolism is a primary characteristic of mind, deployed and displayed in every aspect of 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 worlds of the sciences and the arts, but also such activities as religious...
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Symbolic worlds : art, science, language, ritual / Israel Scheffler.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N121.68/6
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0521564255 (hardback)
9780521564250 (hardback)
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121.68
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991002078969702626
