A Conception of Symbolic Truth

The proposition explicated in this book is that Czarnocka's analysis of perception functions as a model of explanation in our attempt to know the nature of the being that underlies the universe. This analysis becomes the basis of the author's discussion of symbolic truth as a model of explanation and its other applications.

One of the most difficult problems challenging the human mind is knowledge of the world in its human, natural, and supra-natural dimensions: what is the nature of this multidimensional reality? How do we know and verify the truth of our knowledge claims of this reality? A contemporary Polish philosopher, Malgorzata Czarnocka, has advanced one of the most comprehensive and insightful studies of the cognitive act and the conditions under which it takes place. The proposition explicated in this book is that Czarnocka's analysis of perception functions as a model of explanation in our attempt to know the nature of the being that underlies the universe. This analysis becomes the basis of the author's discussion of symbolic truth as a model of explanation and its other applications.

Autorentext

Michael H. Mitias is a retired professor of philosophy, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A. His area of research is Theory of Values. He has written numerous philosophical articles, edited many books, and published several books in the area of human values.

Inhalt

An in-depth study of perception as the locus of the cognitive act

--An analysis of the concept of symbolic truth

--Conception of symbolic truth as a principle of explanation

--Analysis of the aesthetic object as a potentiality in the activity of artistic creation

--Analysis of the aesthetic object as a world of meaning in the aesthetic experience