Ep. 290: Susanne Langer on Our Symbol-Making Nature (Part Two for Supporters) (opens in new tab)

Continuing on Philosophy in a New Key (1942), ch. 1-5. Is symbolism the software running on the hardware of our senses, or are symbols baked even into that hardware? We talk pictures vs. language, types of symbol-pictures, feral children, and more. The post Ep. 290: Susanne Langer on Our Symbol-Making Nature (Part Two for Supporters) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.