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On minds and symbols : the relevance of cognitive science for semiotics /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Daddesio, Thomas C., 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1995.
Colección:Approaches to semiotics ; 117.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Semiotics and cognition
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Critique of pure semiotics
  • 1.3. Just how pure is pure semiotics?
  • 1.4. Morris and Peirce on mentalism
  • 1.5. Mentalism reconsidered
  • 1.6. John Deely on signs and ideas
  • 2. Cognition in the wake of the linguistic turn
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. The linguistic turn
  • 2.3. Antimentalism and formalism within the analytic tradition
  • 2.4. Reasons for the cognitive shift
  • 2.5. Problems with cognitivism: the language of thought and the formalist stance
  • 2.6. The second phase of cognitivism2.7. Connectionism and the multiplicity of mind
  • 3. Beyond traditional mentalism
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. General Principles of Cognitivism
  • 3.3. Cognitivism and objections to traditional mentalism
  • 3.4. The language of thought and computational theories of mind
  • 4. Prelude to a cognitive theory of symbols
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Truth conditions, conventions, and cultural units
  • 4.3. On symbols and indices
  • 4.4. Symbols reconsidered
  • 4.5. Conclusion
  • 5. Steps towards a theory of representations
  • 5.1. Introduction5.2. Criteria for evaluating cognitive theories
  • 5.3. Preliminaries for a theory of representations
  • 5.5. Dretske's model of elementary behavior
  • 6. Functional autonomy and the arbitrariness of symbols
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Perception and understanding
  • 6.3. Functional autonomy
  • 6.4. Functional autonomy and the relation of signification
  • 6.5. Functional autonomy and cross-modal transfers
  • 6.6. Functional autonomy and imagination
  • 6.7. Functional autonomy and the evolution of symbolic communication
  • 7. The development of symbolic communication in children7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Piagetâ€?s sensorimotor period and the child's first words
  • 7.3. Intentions in young children
  • 7.4. The child's conceptual system
  • 7.5. Pure performatives and functional autonomy
  • 7.6. Cognition and social development
  • 7.7. Conclusion
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index of Names
  • Subject Index