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Literature (the compulsory parts of the following books will be provide via Moodle):
Cassirer E., Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, vol.I-III., Oxford University Press
Krois, J. (1987) Cassirer: Symbolic Forms and History. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Heidegger, M. (1928) “Ernst Cassirer: Philosophie der symbolischen Formen. 2. Teil: Das mythische Denken.” Deutsche Literaturzeitung, 21: 1000–1012. Translated as “Book Review of Ernst Cassirer's Mythical Thought.” In The Piety of Thinking. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Schilp A.P. (ed.), The Philosophy of Ernst Cassirer, The library of living philosophers. Last update: Janoušek Hynek, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (24.08.2013)
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Requirements: Since this course is finished by exam, every student should actively take part in the seminar and submit a final essay and defend it in a short discussion. Last update: Janoušek Hynek, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (24.08.2013)
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The goal of these lectures is to offer a basic introduction to Cassirer´s Philosophy of Symbolic Forms. Cassirer developed it as a kantian based analysis of culture in relation to basic forms of symbolic worlds we live in. His analysis differentiates between the expressive function prevalent in the original mythical world, the representative function characteristic of natural language and the significative function, which is dominant in the relational concepts of modern natural sciences. I will try to present these concepts and their history in a clear manner in short lectures which will be followed by us reading selected texts on Cassirer´s Philosophy. This should help students to understand Cassirer´s thesis that we create world we live in by creating the forms of representations in the flow of history. The topics to be discussed are the following: I.) General Introduction II.) Expressive Perception I. III) Myth and Perception I. III.) Myth and Perception II IV.) Myth and the Self I. V.) Myth and the Self II. VI.) The function of Language VII.) Function of Representation I. VIII.) Function of Representation II. IX.) The Structure of Modern Science I. X.) The Structure of Modern Science II. XI.) Symbolic Forms and History XII.) Problems of the Philosophy of Symbolic Forms XIII.) Miscellanea |