22. The Meaning of Symbols

-when a word or image is symbolic, it generally has an obvious and immediate meaning, but also has a much wider "unconcious" part that can never fully be explained.

-Man can never fully comprehend or precieve something/anything completely.

-Symbol: Greek (symbolon)- a token; used as a substituion for something else.

-Jung believes we learn symbols in a sublinimal manner and they have the power to reach hidden realms.

-Archetypes: there are hero and myths of paradise that are part of a collective unconciousness of all people which is universal.

-Pierce and his trichotomy, 3 elements in his theories of signs

Kind of Sign Method of Communication Example Process

+ Icon Resemblance Picture Can See

+ Index Casual Connection Smoke/fire Figure Out

+Symbol Convention Flag Learn