The symbolic function : psychoanalysis and the philosophy of language

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The symbolic function : psychoanalysis and the philosophy of language

Gemma Corradi Fiumara

B. Blackwell, 1992

  • : hard
  • : pbk.

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Funzione simbolica e filosofia del linguaggio

Funzione simbolica e filosofia del linguaggio. English

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"English translation by Brian Keys."--T.p. verso

Translation of the 1980 ed., published by Editore Boringhieri, under the title: Funzione simbolica e filosofia del linguaggio

Bibliography: p. [216]-225

Includes index

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Drawing on an impressive knowledge of contemporary philosophy of language, psychoanalysis, hermeneutics and linguistics, Gemma Corradi Fiumara argues that the human use of symbols is not a purely cognitive function but an interactive one. Human communication is both something developed in the head and in the world. The symbolic function is thus a productive sphere of enquiry for the development of our understanding of human language and emotion.

Table of Contents

  • Language and symbolization
  • the concept of linguistic community
  • on language and reality
  • the symbolic function, error and awareness
  • on the interaction of language and thought
  • the symbolic function and the development of inner time
  • pseudosymbolic language
  • a philosophy of listening
  • epistemophily and knowledge
  • genesis of the symbolic function
  • from biological life to dialogic relations
  • the maturation of knowledge.

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