Criticism

Allers, Rudolf. "The Philosophy of Ernst Cassirer." The New Scholasticism XXV, No. 2 (April 1951): 184-92.

Overview of the importance of Cassirer's work.

Carini, Louis. "Ernst Cassirer's Psychology II: The Nature of Thinking." Journal of the History of the Behavioral Science IX, No. 3 (July 1973): 266-69.

Observes that Cassirer proposes a view of thinking that is inferential, suggesting an ability to simultaneously conceive what is possible and what is actual.

Goodman, Nelson. "Words, Works, Worlds." In Ways of Worldmaking, pp. 1-22. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1978.

A discussion of the way in which the variety and function of symbols creates a multiplicity of worlds in Cassirer's philosophy.

Hamburg, Carl H. Symbol and Reality: Studies in the Philosophy of Ernst Cassirer. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1956, 172 p.

Explains and elaborates upon Cassirer's philosophy, focusing on his concept of symbolic forms and how that concept relates to the work of other twentieth-century philosophers.

Heidegger, Martin. A review of Ernst Cassirer's Mythical Thought, in his The Piety of Thinking, translated by James G. Hart and John C. Maraldo, pp. 32-45. Indiana University Press, 1976.

Review, which originally appeared in 1928 in a German literary journal, raises some critical questions regarding the second volume of Cassirer's three-volume work The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms.

Hendel, Charles W. "Introduction." In The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Volume 1: Language, by Ernst Cassirer, pp. 1-65. Translated by Ralph Manheim. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1953.

Discusses developments in Cassirer's thought which led to his philosophy of symbolic forms.

Itzkoff, Seymour W. Ernst Cassirer: Scientific Knowledge and the Concept of Man. Notre Dame: Notre Dame University Press, 1971, 286 p.

Examines Cassirer's neo-Kantianism and his views about discursive knowledge in terms of recent developments in the philosophy of science.

m̵. Ernst Cassirer: Philosopher of Culture. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977, 198 p.

Links the historical origins of Cassirer's neo-Kantianism to his later philosophical thinking, focusing primarily on Cassirer's outlook on cultural knowledge, especially as it is set forth in The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms.

Lenneberg, Eric H. "A Note on Cassirer's Philosophy of Language." Phenomenological Research XV, No. 4 (June 1955): 512-22.

Examines how Cassirer's philosophy of language evolved and changed between his earlier and later works.

Sundaram, K. Cassirer's Conception of Causality. New York: Peter Lang, 1987, 151 p.

Provides an analysis of Cassirer's concept of causality and questions the consistency of Cassirer's view of causality in light of quantum theory.

Verene, Donald Phillip. "Introduction: Cassirer's Thought 1935-45." Symbol, Myth, and Culture: Essays and Lectures of Ernst Cassirer, 1935-45, edited by Donald Phillip Verene, pp. 1-45. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1979.

Contends that Cassirer's late, unpublished essays demonstrate that he should not be considered as simply a neo-Kantian, but should also be viewed as a philosopher of culture who grappled with what it means to be human.