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Is Identity Somehow Intrinsic Within Reality Or Is It Man Made?
Thanks for this question Morpheus. In answering your question I am actually able to communicate some of the philosophy that took me years to develop. This question is especially meaningful to me. Identity/structure is intrinsic in nature and mind. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Cassirer, epistemology, hidden code, language, Levi-Strauss, Mead, philosophy, Piaget, postaday, postaday2011, Psychology, reason, sociology, structuralism
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Human Spirit’s Self-Liberation
The Next Level—Our Modern Episteme Jan. ’12 Pre-moderns (the human spirit’s pursuit of self-liberation), as participating agents in an environment conceived holistically, objectify mind and culture in and through creative acts of differentiation. This process evolves out of the acquisition … Continue reading
Pursuit Of Self-Liberation
The Evolution Of Symbolic Forms Jan. ’80 Myth, or the mythical-religious consciousness of man, for Cassirer, is understood to be the proto-reality out of which symbolic forms evolve e.g. language, art, religion, science etc. These symbolic forms, in turn, are … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Cassirer, conditioned reality, culture, language, magic, mind, myth, postaday2011, religion, ritual, science, symbolic form
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Teaching The Boys How To Understand The Conversation In Thin Air
Space, As A Phenomena That We Ascribe To Nature According To Law,–Is A Geometrical Presupposition Discussion In Thin Air Continues July, ’80 “Slow down,” I said, “I need to know if I’m keeping up with you guy’s or not. Are … Continue reading
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Even More Important–Use Value
Conversation In Thin Air Continues July, ’80 “So what are you saying,” I interrupted, “How exactly did Cassirer rescue us?” “I’m saying,” said Noel, “that the conceptual symbolic form, the one that reduces everything to the lowest possible denominator, is … Continue reading
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Tagged Cassirer, ideal meaning, objective world, postaday2011, postaday2012, space and time, survival
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Most Important—What An Event Means
Conversation In Thin Air Continues July, ’80 “I read somewhere,” said Noel, “that in the world of space-time nothing changes; that all that has been and all that will be just ‘is.’ Like in a crystal ball, everything in space-time … Continue reading
In Science The Stabilizing Objective Tendency Predominates
Conversation In Thin Air Continues July, ’80 “You see, it’s all about time and place,” the Philosophy Professor said, “a time to move forward and a place to rebel, a time to attack and place to settle down. Einstein had … Continue reading
Ernst Cassirer—The Functioning Of Symbolic Forms
Conversation In Thin Air Continues July, ’80 “Yeah, I think some of this stuff is coming back to me now,” I said. “I’m beginning to remember why I liked Cassirer.” “In the early history of myth and magic,” said Noel, … Continue reading
The Ordering And Differentiating Of Particulars
Conversation In Thin Air Continues July, ’80 “And, what principles did Cassirer take to be a priori anyway,” I said. “Obviously Kant’s space and time had to go, but causality and relation, I suppose, they could stay. Right?” Woe, too … Continue reading
