Reinventing Structuralism What Sign Relations Reveal about Consciousness |
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| Author:
| Sangster, Rodney B. |
| Series title: | Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs |
| ISBN: | 978-1-299-72472-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $140.00 |
Book Description:
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Structuralism was abandoned long before its potential as a cognitive science could be realized. Reviving it with what we know today about the self-organizing capacity of living systems provides new insights into the role of sign relations in the evolution of higher-order consciousness. Treating the signs of language as inherently evolutionary properties of mind offers a window into the constitution of consciousness at the most profound level.
Structuralism was abandoned long before its potential as a cognitive science could be realized. Reviving it with what we know today about the self-organizing capacity of living systems provides new insights into the role of sign relations in the evolution of higher-order consciousness. Treating the signs of language as inherently evolutionary properties of mind offers a window into the constitution of consciousness at the most profound level.