Consciousness, symbols and aesthetics: A just-so story and its implications in Susanne Langer's Mind: An essay on human feeling

Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-66

  Shelley, Cameron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0032221217     PISSN: 09515089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515089808573248     Document Type: Review

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