Robert E. Innis Libri

The book delves into the intersections of philosophy and cultural psychology through five key discussions. It examines thresholds of sense, the significance of contexts in meaning-making, and the semiotic resources from notable theorists like Peirce and Cassirer. Additionally, it highlights Susanne Langer's aesthetic model of minding and introduces the concept of affectivation, emphasizing how humans create meaning through signs. The interwoven themes include embodied perception, the role of art, and the importance of feeling in understanding meaning-making processes.

Susanne Langer (1895-1985) was one of American philosophy's most distinctive thinkers. This book 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 as John Dewey and William James.

" . . . fifteen texts which are essential reading for anyone interested in semiotics . . . This collection will surely become a standard text for those who teach semiotics, aesthetics or philosophy of language." ―International Philosophical QuarterlyThis volume presents the classic statements in semiotics and touches on a vast set of problems and themes―philosophical, aesthetic, literary, cultural, biological, and anthropological.