单词 | sense-symbolism |
释义 | > as lemmassense-symbolism sense-symbolism n. Philosophy the symbolic function of sensory experience, esp. the relation between sensations whereby one suggests, and thereby functions as a kind of sign of, others previously associated with it in perception. ΚΠ 1871 A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley x. 375 The substantiality and causality of matter thus resolve into a Universal Sense-symbolism, the interpretation of which is the office of physical science. 1930 F. R. Tennant Philos. Theol. II. ii. 24 Only when the sense-symbolism admits of translation into mechanical equivalents..is scientific knowledge par excellence attained. 2008 Pluralist 3 16 It is quite to be doubted if among animals the sense-symbolism associated with bodily function..is ever more than an emotional recognition. < as lemmas |
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