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The Symbolic Species Evolved
Scientific considerations about the origin of humanity might not be entirely new. However, the articles in this volume present a spectrum/variety of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives which no doubt calls attention and dares to present the span of the problem. The reader is inspired to contin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2012. |
| Colección: | Biosemiotics,
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction - searching the missing links
- Part I: The Biosemiotic Connection
- 1. Towards a semiotic cognitive science: why neither the phenomenological nor computational approaches are adequate
- 2. The Symbolic Species hypothesis revisited
- 3. Peirce and Deacon on meaning and the evolution of language
- 4. Semiosis beyond signs. On a two or three missing links on the way to human beings
- Part II: The Prehistoric and Comparative Connection
- 5. The natural history of intentionality. A biosemiotic approach
- 6. The evolution of learning to communicate: Avian model for the missing link
- 7. From parsing actions to understanding intentions
- 8. New non-Linnaean, neo-cladistic nomenclature and classification conventions exemplified by recent and fossil hominids
- 9. ¬¬¬¬The tripod effect: Coevolution of cooperation, cognition and communication
- Part III: The Cognitive and Anthropological Connection
- 10. Language as a repository of tacit knowledge
- 11. Levels of immersion and embodiment
- 12. Emerging symbols
- 13. Gender in innovative techno fantasies
- Epilogue
- 14. New perspectives
- Index.