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Mind Susanne K. Langer

Mind By Susanne K. Langer

Mind by Susanne K. Langer

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Proposes a theory of evolution that accounts for the development of human intellect from animal mentality.

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Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling by Susanne K. Langer

The second volume of Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling contains Part IV of the six parts which will eventually compose Susanne Langer's masterwork. It confronts the crucial issue of The Great Shift from animal to man.

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Langer has brought to light ideas of astonishing depth, exactness, power and reach... The emanations may well leave their trace on all of us. Washington Post A great and beautiful work of genius... A conceptual scheme of such radiance that no one who wishes to think deeply about mentality and behavior will be able to do without it. Chicago Daily News, reviewing the complete edition

About Susanne K. Langer

Susanne Langer is professor emeritus of philosophy and currently research scholar at Connecticut College. She is the author of Philosophy in a New Key, Feeling and Form, and Philosophical Sketches.

Table of Contents

Ackowledgments, Volume II
List of Illustrations
Chapter 12. On Repertoire and Instinct
Chapter 13. Animal Acts and Ambients
Chapter 14. On Animal Values
Chapter 15. Interpretations
CHapter 16. The Specialization of Man
Chapter 17. Symbols and the Evolution of Mind
Chapter 18. Symbols and the Human World
Bibliography
Index

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CIN0801816076A
9780801816079
0801816076
Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling by Susanne K. Langer
Susanne K. Langer
Used - Well Read
Paperback
Johns Hopkins University Press
1974-04-26
412
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