Ep. 290: Susanne Langer on Our Symbol-Making Nature (Part One) | The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast | A Philosophy Podcast and Blog (opens in new tab)
Subscribe to get Part 2 of this episode. Listen to a preview. Hear this part ad-free. On Philosophy in a New Key (1942), ch. 1-5, plus as background most of us looked at Ernst Cassirer's An Essay on Man (1944), ch. 1-5. What does it mean to say that humanity is homo symbolicus, the symbol-making creature? The post Ep. 290: Susanne Langer on Our Symbol-Making Nature (Part One) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.
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