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The extensions of man revisited: From primary to tertiary embodiment

Sonesson, Göran LU orcid (2007) p.27-56
Abstract
No abstract - but a conclusion:

"Taking my point of departure in classical embodiment theories stemming from the phenomenological tradition, I have discussed tertiary embodiment, characteristic of certain types of signs, such as pictures and writing, as a particular stage of development in the phylogeny and ontogeny of human beings. In so doing, I have singled out the sign function as an indirect access to signification in opposition to the more direct experience of signification in the Lifeworld, also known as the world of ecological physics. Indeed, another purpose of the essay has been to outline the way in which the semiotic function, the general faculty for conceiving signs, emerges out of one kind of embodiment and... (More)
No abstract - but a conclusion:

"Taking my point of departure in classical embodiment theories stemming from the phenomenological tradition, I have discussed tertiary embodiment, characteristic of certain types of signs, such as pictures and writing, as a particular stage of development in the phylogeny and ontogeny of human beings. In so doing, I have singled out the sign function as an indirect access to signification in opposition to the more direct experience of signification in the Lifeworld, also known as the world of ecological physics. Indeed, another purpose of the essay has been to outline the way in which the semiotic function, the general faculty for conceiving signs, emerges out of one kind of embodiment and constitutes a requirement for attaining another one." (Less)
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published
subject
keywords
reification, body, semiotics, meaning, embodiment, sign, writing, picture
host publication
Embodiment in Cognition and Culture
editor
Krois, John Michael ; Rosengren, Mats ; Steidele, Angela and Westerkamp, Dirk
pages
27 - 56
publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN
978 90 272 5207 4
language
English
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yes
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6f8ce2ad-b047-4873-85e9-90ebbae71b80 (old id 607323)
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http://www.arthist.lu.se/kultsem/pdf/SonessonKrois.pdf
date added to LUP
2016-04-04 11:31:20
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2019-06-22 02:19:39
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