Interpreting Cassirer

Simon Truwant is a Postdoctoral Researcher (FWO) at KU Leuven. He is the author of numerous articles in journals including Cassirer Studies, Idealistic Studies and International Journal for Philosophical Studies.

Introduction; I. Cassirer's Philosophy of Culture: The Interaction between Language and the other Symbolic Forms Robert Leib; 2. The Status of Art in Cassirer's System of Culture Samantha Matherne; 3. Being in Time: History as an Expression and Interpretation of Human Culture Anne Pollok; 4. Science as a Symbolic Form: Ernst Cassirer's Culture of Reason Massimo Ferrari; 5. Quantum Mechanics as the Ultimate Mode of Symbol Formation: The Final Stage of Cassirer's Philosophy of Physical Science Thomas Ryckman; 6. Spirit in the Age of Technical Production Nicolas de Warren; 7. Political Myth and the Problem of Orientation: Reading Cassirer in Times of Cultural Crisis Simon Truwant; II. Cassirer's Philosophy of Consciousness: 8. Rethinking Representation: Cassirer's Philosophy of Human Perceiving, Thinking, and Understanding Martina Plümacher; 9. Cassirer's Philosophy of Mind: From Consciousness to 'Objective Spirit' Guido Kreis; III: Cassirer's Philosophical Method: 10. Cassirer's Phenomenological Affinities Daniel D. Dahlstrom; 11.Cassirer's Place in Today's Philosophical Landscape: 'Synthetic Philosophy', Transcendental Idealism, Cultural Pluralism Sebastian Luft.