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Symbols

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2010

K. W. Britton
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I wish to discuss symbols concerned with the way we feel about the world and the way we conduct our lives in consequence of those feelings. Our conduct is guided by commands and instructions which for some reason we have to obey. We are guided by our knowledge of the world. The symbols I wish to discuss express and excite desires and preferences and that is how they affect our conduct.

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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements , Volume 10 , March 1976 , pp. 208 - 222
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the contributors 1975

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