Symbol theory, the
Auteur :
Elias, Norbert
Éditeur :
University College Dublin Press
ISBN :
9781906359102
Date de publication :
5 sept. 2011
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Irlande
Situates the human capacity for forming symbols in the long-term biological evolution of Homo sapiens, showing how it is linked through communication and orientation to group survival. This title proceeds to recast the question of the ontological status of knowledge, moving beyond the old philosophical dualisms of idealism/materialism.