Symbolism or Mind, Matter, Language as the Elements of Thinking and Reasoning and as the Necessary Factors of Human Knowledge

James Haig

ISBN 10: 0461934760 / ISBN 13: 9780461934762

Published by HardPress, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Symbolism or Mind, Matter, Language as the Elements of Thinking and Reasoning and as the Necessary Factors of Human Knowledge
• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461934760
• ISBN 13: 9780461934762
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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"Symbolism Or Mind, Matter, Language As The Elements Of Thinking And Reasoning And As The Necessary Factors Of Human Knowledge" by James Haig presents a rigorous program in which three interdependent domains—mind, matter, and language—are identified as the fundamental building blocks of thinking and knowledge. The work argues that scientific concepts such as number, space, time, motion, and form arise not from an independently given external reality, but from linguistic and cognitive structures that shape how we understand the world. Language is treated as more than signs: it is a productive medium that unites minds and bodies, enabling measurement, reasoning, and the communication of truth. The book dissolves classic puzzles like the one-and-many through a threefold unity of cognition, positing that Things, Minds, and Signs together constitute knowledge. It critiques Kantian space–time axioms and positivist induction as linguistic confusions, while weaving a theological thread that grounds reason in faith, the Trinity, and the Holy Spirit. A threefold science—theology, metaphysics, and positive science—is proposed as interdependent and expressible in symbols that faithfully mirror mental and material processes.