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Cognitive semiotics: an emerging field for the transdisciplinary study of meaning

Zlatev, Jordan LU (2012) In The Public Journal of Semiotics IV(1). p.2-24
Abstract
The article provides an overview of ongoing research and key characteristics of Cognitive Semiotics, an emerging field dedicated to the transdiciplinary study of meaning, involving above all researchers from semiotics, linguistics, developmental and comparative psychology and philosophy. The combination of the following features distinguishes it from other synthetic approaches: (a) integration of theoretical and empirical research; (b) ontological pluralism and methodological triangulation; (c) influence of phenomenology; (d) focus on dynamism and (e) the ambition of true transdisciplinarity. The ultimate goal of Cognitive Semiotics is to provide new insights into the nature and culture of human beings, as well as other meaning-making... (More)
The article provides an overview of ongoing research and key characteristics of Cognitive Semiotics, an emerging field dedicated to the transdiciplinary study of meaning, involving above all researchers from semiotics, linguistics, developmental and comparative psychology and philosophy. The combination of the following features distinguishes it from other synthetic approaches: (a) integration of theoretical and empirical research; (b) ontological pluralism and methodological triangulation; (c) influence of phenomenology; (d) focus on dynamism and (e) the ambition of true transdisciplinarity. The ultimate goal of Cognitive Semiotics is to provide new insights into the nature and culture of human beings, as well as other meaning-making creatures. (Less)
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meaning, cognition, evolution, development, embodiment, consciousness, phenomenology, pluralism
in
The Public Journal of Semiotics
volume
IV
issue
1
pages
2 - 24
publisher
Open Semiotics Resource Center
ISSN
1918-9907
project
Centre for Cognitive Semiotics (RJ)
language
English
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yes
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79b08ec5-7e8f-460f-8676-ee982a0135da (old id 3450365)
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http://pjos.org/issues/pjos-4-1.pdf
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  title        = {{Cognitive semiotics: an emerging field for the transdisciplinary study of meaning}},
  url          = {{http://pjos.org/issues/pjos-4-1.pdf}},
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