TY - BOOK AU - Innis, Robert E. AU - Robert E. Innis TI - Susanne Langer in focus : : the symbolic mind SN - 9780253220530 U1 - 191 INN PY - 2009/// CY - , Bloomington PB - : Indiana University Press KW - Art Philosophy KW - Philosophy KW - History & Surveys Modern N1 - The roots of Langer's philosophical project : on the "logic" of meaning Symbolic transformation : philosophy's new key Meaning after language : ritual, myth, and art Framing the art symbol : forms of feeling Art forms : the logic of primary illusions The mind of feeling From acts to symbolization The symbolic animal Placing Langer's philosophical project N2 - Susanne Langer (1895 -- 1985) was one of American philosophy's most distinctive thinkers. Her philosophy was a deep exploration of human life as a continuous process of meaning-making through symbolic forms. Here, Robert E. Innis brings readers closer to Langer's precise and nuanced account of the symbolic mind. Innis shows how Langer's thought spans the sciences, aesthetics, psychology, religion, education, and music, and where it touches on concerns that were brought forward by American pragmatists such ER -