On Minds and Symbols
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On Minds and Symbols

The Relevance of Cognitive Science for Semiotics

  1. 271 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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On Minds and Symbols

The Relevance of Cognitive Science for Semiotics

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Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Introduction
  3. 1. Semiotics and cognition
  4. 1.1. Introduction
  5. 1.2. Critique of pure semiotics
  6. 1.3. Just how pure is pure semiotics?
  7. 1.4. Morris and Peirce on mentalism
  8. 1.5. Mentalism reconsidered
  9. 1.6. John Deely on signs and ideas
  10. 2. Cognition in the wake of the linguistic turn
  11. 2.1. Introduction
  12. 2.2. The linguistic turn
  13. 2.3. Antimentalism and formalism within the analytic tradition
  14. 2.4. Reasons for the cognitive shift
  15. 2.5. Problems with cognitivism: the language of thought and the formalist stance
  16. 2.6. The second phase of cognitivism
  17. 2.7. Connectionism and the multiplicity of mind
  18. 3. Beyond traditional mentalism
  19. 3.1. Introduction
  20. 3.2. General Principles of Cognitivism
  21. 3.3. Cognitivism and objections to traditional mentalism
  22. 3.4. The language of thought and computational theories of mind
  23. 4. Prelude to a cognitive theory of symbols
  24. 4.1. Introduction
  25. 4.2. Truth conditions, conventions, and cultural units
  26. 4.3. On symbols and indices
  27. 4.4. Symbols reconsidered
  28. 4.5. Conclusion
  29. 5. Steps towards a theory of representations
  30. 5.1. Introduction
  31. 5.2. Criteria for evaluating cognitive theories
  32. 5.3. Preliminaries for a theory of representations
  33. 5.5. Dretske's model of elementary behavior
  34. 6. Functional autonomy and the arbitrariness of symbols
  35. 6.1. Introduction
  36. 6.2. Perception and understanding
  37. 6.3. Functional autonomy
  38. 6.4. Functional autonomy and the relation of signification
  39. 6.5. Functional autonomy and cross-modal transfers
  40. 6.6. Functional autonomy and imagination
  41. 6.7. Functional autonomy and the evolution of symbolic communication
  42. 7. The development of symbolic communication in children
  43. 7.1. Introduction
  44. 7.2. Piaget’s sensorimotor period and the child's first words
  45. 7.3. Intentions in young children
  46. 7.4. The child's conceptual system
  47. 7.5. Pure performatives and functional autonomy
  48. 7.6. Cognition and social development
  49. 7.7. Conclusion
  50. Afterword
  51. Notes
  52. References
  53. Index of Names
  54. Subject Index