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3 papers in the library · 6 citations · publishing 2011-2022
The Pluralist June 15, 2022 Joshua M H Hall 3 citations
Among Anthropologists, There Is A Fierce Controversy over the figure of the shaman, with some reserving the term for practitioners in hunter-gatherer societies in present-day Siberia (among whom the term originated), and others defining shaman more broadly to include any figure performing similar functions, from prehistory until today. 1 Though the exact nature of these functions (and whether...
The Pluralist June 4, 2015 Marco Stango 2 citations
Abstract The aim of this article is to address the problem of what is usually called “self-consciousness” by studying Charles S. Peirce’s semeiotic treatment of self-referential statements. Peirce believes that an adequate study of the mind requires “to reduce all mental action,” including “self-consciousness,” “to the formula of valid reasoning” (W 2:214, EP 1:30, 5:267, 1868) and its...
The Pluralist October 1, 2011 Kelvin J. Booth 1 citation
Chimpanzee language studies have generated much heated controversy, as Roger Fouts can attest from first-hand experience.Perhaps this is because language is usually considered to be what truly distinguishes humans from apes.If chimps can indeed be taught the rudiments of language, then the difference between them and us is not as great as we might have thought.It is a matter of degree rather...