Symbolic may refer to:
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Symbol, something that represents an idea, a process, or a physical entity
Mathematics, logic, and computing
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Symbolic computation, a scientific area concerned with computing with mathematical formulas
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Symbolic dynamics In mathematics, symbolic dynamics is the practice of modeling a topological or smooth dynamical system by a discrete space consisting of infinite sequences of abstract symbols, each of which corresponds to a state of the system, with the dynamics (e ...
, a method for modeling dynamical systems by a discrete space consisting of infinite sequences of abstract symbols
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Symbolic execution, the analysis of computer programs by tracking symbolic rather than actual values
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Symbolic link
In computing, a symbolic link (also symlink or soft link) is a file whose purpose is to point to a file or directory (called the "target") by specifying a path thereto.
Symbolic links are supported by POSIX and by most Unix-like operating syste ...
, a special type of file in a computer memory storage system
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Symbolic logic, the use of symbols for logical operations in logic and mathematics
Music
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''Symbolic'' (Death album), a 1995 album by the band Death
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''Symbolic'' (Voodoo Glow Skulls album), a 2000 album by the band Voodoo Glow Skulls
Social sciences
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Symbolic anthropology
Symbolic anthropology or, more broadly, symbolic and interpretive anthropology, is the study of cultural symbols and how those symbols can be used to gain a better understanding of a particular society. According to Clifford Geertz, " lieving, wi ...
, the study of cultural symbols and how those symbols can be interpreted to better understand a particular society
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Symbolic capital, the resources available to an individual on the basis of honor, prestige or recognition in sociology and anthropology
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Symbolic interaction, a system of interaction in sociology
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Symbolic system, a structured system of symbols in anthropology, sociology and psychology
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The Symbolic
The Symbolic (or Symbolic Order of the Borromean knot) is the order in the unconscious that gives rise to subjectivity and bridges intersubjectivity between two subjects; an example is Jacques Lacan's idea of desire as the desire of the Other, ...
or Symbolic Order, Jacques Lacan's attempt to contrast with The Imaginary and The Real in psychoanalysis
See also
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Symbol (disambiguation)
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Symbolism (disambiguation)
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Symbolic representation (disambiguation)
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