On minds and symbols : the relevance of cognitive science for semiotics /
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Berlin ; New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
1995.
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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. Piaget�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