Symbolism, its meaning and effect
by Alfred North Whitehead
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About this eBook
- Author
- Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947
- Title
- Symbolism, its meaning and effect : Barbour-Page lectures, University of Virginia, 1927
- Original Publication
- New York, NY: The MacMillan Company, 1927.
- Credits
- Jamie Brydone-Jack, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis
- Subject
- Symbolism (Psychology)
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 78977
- Release Date
- June 29, 2026
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Symbolism, Its Meaning and Effect
- 2.DEDICATION
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.CHAPTER I — 1. Kinds of Symbolism. — 2. Symbolism and Perception. — 3. On Methodology. — 4. Fallibility of Symbolism. — 5. Definition of Symbolism. — 6. Experience as Activity. — 7. Language. — 8. Presentational Immediacy. — 9. Perceptive Experience. — 10. Symbolic Reference in Perceptive Experience. — 11. Mental and Physical. — 12. Rôles of Sense-data and Space in Presentational Immediacy. — 13. Objectification.
- 6.CHAPTER II — 1. Hume on Causal Efficacy. — 2. Kant and Causal Efficacy. — 3. Direct Perception of Causal Efficacy. — 4. Primitiveness of Causal Efficacy. — 5. The Intersection of the Modes of Perception. — 6. Localization. — 7. The Contrast Between Accurate Definition and Importance. — 8. Conclusion.
- 7.CHAPTER III — Uses of Symbolism
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