Michael H. Mitias is a retired professor of philosophy, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A. His area of research is Theory of Values. He has written numerous philosophical articles, edited many books, and published several books in the area of human values.

• An in-depth study of perception as the locus of the cognitive act--An analysis of the concept of symbolic truth--Conception of symbolic truth as a principle of explanation--Analysis of the aesthetic object as a potentiality in the activity of artistic creation--Analysis of the aesthetic object as a world of meaning in the aesthetic experience

Michael H. Mitias is a retired professor of philosophy, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A. His area of research is Theory of Values. He has written numerous philosophical articles, edited many books, and published several books in the area of human values.

• An in-depth study of perception as the locus of the cognitive act--An analysis of the concept of symbolic truth--Conception of symbolic truth as a principle of explanation--Analysis of the aesthetic object as a potentiality in the activity of artistic creation--Analysis of the aesthetic object as a world of meaning in the aesthetic experience

Michael H. Mitias is a retired professor of philosophy, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A. His area of research is Theory of Values. He has written numerous philosophical articles, edited many books, and published several books in the area of human values.

• An in-depth study of perception as the locus of the cognitive act--An analysis of the concept of symbolic truth--Conception of symbolic truth as a principle of explanation--Analysis of the aesthetic object as a potentiality in the activity of artistic creation--Analysis of the aesthetic object as a world of meaning in the aesthetic experience