Proposes a theory of evolution that accounts for the development of human intellect from animal mentality.
The second volume of Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling contains Part IV of the six parts which will eventually compose Susanne Langer's masterwork. It confronts the crucial issue of The Great Shift from animal to man.
Susanne Langer is professor emeritus of philosophy and currently research scholar at Connecticut College. She is the author of Philosophy in a New Key, Feeling and Form, and Philosophical Sketches.
Ackowledgments, Volume II
List of Illustrations
Chapter 12. On Repertoire and Instinct
Chapter 13. Animal Acts and Ambients
Chapter 14. On Animal Values
Chapter 15. Interpretations
CHapter 16. The Specialization of Man
Chapter 17. Symbols and the Evolution of Mind
Chapter 18. Symbols and the Human World
Bibliography
Index