Language and Reality: The Philosophy of Language and the Principles of Symbolism

aesthetic anthropomorphic aspect assertion assumption basal C. I. Lewis Cassirer Chapter character co-implicates cognition conception consciousness context critique described determined element emotive empirical criterion entities experience expression fact function fundamental human ideal implication important interpretation intuitive meaning involves Kant knowledge knowledge by description L. S. Stebbing later linguistic meaning linguistic science literal logical analysis logical atomism logical meaning logical positivism mathematical meaningful merely meta metalogical metaphor metempirical mind myth namely natural metaphysic necessary nominalistic non-symbolic normative notion object perceptual phenomenological philosophia perennis philosophy of language physical picture poetic poetry possible precisely predication present presupposes presuppositions principle problem of language Process and Reality propositions purely question reality reason reference religion religious symbol representation scientific symbol seen sense significance speak speech statement symbolic form theory things tion true truth ultimately understanding universe of discourse verifiable wholly words