The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms

Target entity: The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
Context triple: [Ernst Cassirer, notableWork, The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms]

• A. The Phenomenon of Man
  The Phenomenon of Man is a philosophical and theological work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores human evolution and consciousness within a cosmic, spiritually oriented framework.
• B. The Tacit Dimension
  The Tacit Dimension is a 1966 philosophical work by Michael Polanyi that explores the idea that much of human knowledge is implicit and cannot be fully articulated in explicit terms.
• C. Process and Reality
  Process and Reality is Alfred North Whitehead’s seminal philosophical work that lays out his influential process philosophy and metaphysical system of “process thought.”
• D. The Perennial Philosophy
  The Perennial Philosophy is Aldous Huxley’s influential 1945 work of comparative mysticism that explores the shared spiritual truths underlying the world’s major religious traditions.
• E. The World as Will and Representation
  The World as Will and Representation is Arthur Schopenhauer’s major philosophical work, presenting a pessimistic metaphysical system that interprets reality as driven by an irrational will and accessible to us through representation.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
Target entity description: The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms is Ernst Cassirer’s major three-volume work that develops a neo-Kantian theory of human culture through the analysis of symbolic systems such as language, myth, art, and science.

• A. The Phenomenon of Man
  The Phenomenon of Man is a philosophical and theological work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores human evolution and consciousness within a cosmic, spiritually oriented framework.
• B. The Tacit Dimension
  The Tacit Dimension is a 1966 philosophical work by Michael Polanyi that explores the idea that much of human knowledge is implicit and cannot be fully articulated in explicit terms.
• C. Process and Reality
  Process and Reality is Alfred North Whitehead’s seminal philosophical work that lays out his influential process philosophy and metaphysical system of “process thought.”
• D. The Perennial Philosophy
  The Perennial Philosophy is Aldous Huxley’s influential 1945 work of comparative mysticism that explores the shared spiritual truths underlying the world’s major religious traditions.
• E. The World as Will and Representation
  The World as Will and Representation is Arthur Schopenhauer’s major philosophical work, presenting a pessimistic metaphysical system that interprets reality as driven by an irrational will and accessible to us through representation.
• F. None of above. chosen