The Philosophy of Symbolic Form : Volume 1 : Language

Cassirer, Ernst; Ralph Manheim (tr); Charles W. Hendel (preface)

Yale University Press, 1961

[Interesting provenance, from the library and signed by George Armitage Miller, noted psychologist and cognitive scientist.] Volume 1. Third Printing. Hardcover and dust jacket. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Contemporary signature of Miller on front end page, else unmarked. xiv, 328 p., 24 cm. 

Ernst Cassirer's philosophy, based primarily on the work of Immanuel Kant, extends that philosopher's basic principles concerning the ways in which humans use concepts to structure their impressions of the natural world. Because scientific and cultural views had changed considerably since Kant's day, Cassirer felt it necessary to revise Kantian doctrines to include a wider range of human experience. In his major work, Die Philosophie der symbolischen Formen, 3 vol. (1923–29; The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms), he examined the mental images and the functions of the mind that underlie every manifestation of human culture. 

George A. Miller, one of the founders of cognitive psychology, was a pioneer who recognized that the human mind can be understood using an information-processing model. His insights helped move psychological research beyond behaviorist methods that dominated the field through the 1950s. In 1991, he was awarded the National Medal of Science for his significant contributions to our understanding of the human mind.