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The symbol: The origin and basis of human behavior
Philosophy of Science 7 (4):451-463 (1940)
Abstract
In July, 1939, a celebration was held at Leland Stanford University to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the discovery that the cell is the basic unit of all living tissue. Today we are beginning to realize and to appreciate the fact that the symbol is the basic unit of all human behavior and civilization.My notes
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