The Logic of the Humanities

Author: Cassirer
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: The author analyzes the fundamental concepts of the humanities, including the object of the humanities, the unity and difference between natural science and the humanities, the distinction and connection between the concept of nature and the concept of culture, the form and causality of culture, and the value of culture, from five aspects. This successfully establishes a highly complete "idealistic naturalism," achieving a significant breakthrough in the field of cultural philosophy. Since the dualism of the Christian world (the absolute opposition between the individual and the universal, the finite and the infinite, and humanity and God) broke the unity of ancient Greek philosophy, modern philosophy from Descartes to Leibniz seems to have strived to heal this rift. However, what they achieved was merely grasping the human world through the universal mathematical concept—the logic of natural science. The renowned German philosopher Ernst Cassirer made an important contribution to this. In his highly acclaimed work, readers will see that Cassirer's achievement in addressing the metaphysical issue of "the spirit and its place in nature" is truly a pioneering effort. In this book, he analyzes the fundamental concepts of the humanities, including the object of the humanities, the unity and difference between natural science and the humanities, the distinction and connection between the concept of nature and the concept of culture, the form and causality of culture, and the value of culture, from five aspects. This successfully establishes a highly complete "idealistic naturalism," achieving a significant breakthrough in the field of cultural philosophy.