ABSTRACT
The principal original idea in 'New books' is a new analysis of 'reference', the relation between a thought and that of which it is a thought, in terms of causal relations. In a situation of the kind describes the authors namely F. P. Ramsey and brother of A. M. Ramsey. They say that the event A is 'interpreted' as a sign of an event B; and in terms of 'interpretation' they construct the following theory of perception. Mr Ogden and Mr Richards do not see the existence of logical problems, and propose to replace philosophy by the 'science of symbolism' and psychology; nevertheless they have made useful summaries of various theories of symbolism, and the excellent appendix on C. S. Peirce deserves especial mention. Dr Malinowski explains the value of the ideas of their in understanding primitive languages, and Dr Crookshank 'the importance of a theory of signs and a critique of language in the study of medicine'.
