The symbolic species evolved
By: Theresa Schilhab, Frederik Stjernfelt, Terrence Deacon, editors
Series: Biosemiotics -- v. 6; Biosemiotics -- v. 6.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9789400723351; 9789400723368
Subjects: Origin; Animal communication; Biology; Language; Neurolinguistics; Human evolution; Biological Evolution; Brain; Semiotics; Physiology; Language and languages; Cultural Evolution
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : searching the missing links / Frederik Stjernfelt, Theresa Schilhab, and Terrence W. Deacon; title: Beyond the symbolic species / Terrence W. Deacon; title: The evolution of semiotic self-control / Frederik Stjernfelt; title: Peirce and Deacon on the meaning and evolution of language / Ahti-Veikko J. Pietarinen; title: Semiosis beyond signs. On two or three missing links on the way to human beings / Göran Sonesson; title: The natural history of intentionality. A biosemiotic approach / Jesper Hoffmeyer; title: The evolution of learning to communicate : avian model for the missing link / Irene M. Pepperberg; title: From parsing actions to understanding intentions / Richard W. Byrne; title: Hominid diversity and 'ancestor' myths / Niels Bonde; title: The tripod effect : coevolution of cooperation, cognition and communication / Peter Gärdenfors, Ingar Brinck, and Mathias Osvath; title: Language as a repository of tacit knowledge / Harry Collins; title: Levels of immersion and embodiment / Theresa Schilhab; title: Emerging symbols / Stefan Leijnen; title: Gender in innovative techno fantasies / Cathrine Hasse.