Symbol and existence : a study in meaning : explorations of human nature /

Symbol and existence will prove fascinating to Walker Percy scholars and fans who wish to decipher Percy's authentic philosophical stance. Percy, an existentialist Catholic at his core, was also a scientist seeking an objective paradigm to portray his views. Symbol and existence demonstrates th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 (Author)
Other Authors:	Ketner, Kenneth Laine (Editor), Perkins, Karey Lea, 1958- (Editor), McDonnell, Rhonda Reneé (Editor), Cunningham, Scott Ross (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Pragmatics. Semiotics. Empiricism. Existentialism. Philosophical anthropology. Philosophy and science.

Table of Contents:

Toward a radical science of man
Sign and symbol
The symbolic transformation
Magic cognition I : formation of the simulacrum
Magic cognition II : the law of participation
Symbol, consciousness, and intersubjectivity
Semiotic and the problem of knowledge
Naming and being
Metaphor as mistake
The thing in the word.