Interpreting Cassirer
Critical Essays

This rich collection of essays addresses all the key aspects of Cassirer's multi-faceted philosophical thought.

Simon Truwant (Edited by)

9781108496483, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 1 April 2021

282 pages
16 x 23.5 x 2 cm, 0.52 kg

This is the first comprehensive volume in English on Cassirer's philosophy for over seventy years. Eleven leading Cassirer scholars address all of the key aspects of Cassirer's multi-faceted thought and situate them in the wider context of his philosophy of culture. Their essays demonstrate the depth and richness of a philosophical enterprise that still awaits recognition as one of the most original contributions to twentieth-century philosophy. Interpreting Cassirer will prove invaluable not only for Cassirer scholars and researchers of early twentieth-century philosophy, but also for scholars of the philosophy of culture, language, science, art, history, and mind.

Introduction
I. Cassirer's Philosophy of Culture: The Interaction between Language and the other Symbolic Forms Robert Leib
2. The Status of Art in Cassirer's System of Culture Samantha Matherne
3. Being in Time: History as an Expression and Interpretation of Human Culture Anne Pollok
4. Science as a Symbolic Form: Ernst Cassirer's Culture of Reason Massimo Ferrari
5. Quantum Mechanics as the Ultimate Mode of Symbol Formation: The Final Stage of Cassirer's Philosophy of Physical Science Thomas Ryckman
6. Spirit in the Age of Technical Production Nicolas de Warren
7. Political Myth and the Problem of Orientation: Reading Cassirer in Times of Cultural Crisis Simon Truwant
II. Cassirer's Philosophy of Consciousness: 8. Rethinking Representation: Cassirer's Philosophy of Human Perceiving, Thinking, and Understanding Martina Plümacher
9. Cassirer's Philosophy of Mind: From Consciousness to 'Objective Spirit' Guido Kreis
III: Cassirer's Philosophical Method: 10. Cassirer's Phenomenological Affinities Daniel D. Dahlstrom
11.Cassirer's Place in Today's Philosophical Landscape: 'Synthetic Philosophy', Transcendental Idealism, Cultural Pluralism Sebastian Luft.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy, from c 1900 - [HPCF], History of Western philosophy [HPC], Philosophy [HP], Humanities [H]