Coscienza, consapevolezza, senso. Semiotica e neuroscienze
Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia September 1, 2018 DOI: 10.4453/rifp.2018.0018 (opens in new tab) via DOAJ
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractSemiotic models, particularly those of Greimas and Lotman, offer operationalized instruments that can help address difficult problems about the mind, consciousness, and the origin of semiosis and languages. Scientific discoveries in the neurosciences gain coherence when viewed through complex systems theories and integrated information models. The emerging concept is an "extended mind" view in which human consciousness requires an inter-subjective mode for its construction and functioning.
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| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Consciousness Awareness Neuroscience Semiotics Extended mind |
| Key finding | Argues that semiotic models, especially those of Greimas and Lotman, provide operationalized instruments that can help address problems related to mind, consciousness, and the origin of semiosis, leading to a view of "extended mind" requiring inter-subjectivity. |
Abstract
This paper aims at showing the heuristic value of several semiotic models in scientific research, and in particular the neurosciences. In Greimas and Lotman’s theories, for example, we find effective and operationalized instruments that could help us address some of the most difficult problems related to the mind, consciousness, and the origin of semiosis and languages. In this way, certain scientific discoveries in the neurosciences seem to gain coherence in the light of complex systems theories and integrated information models. The emerging concept is a view of “extended mind” in which human consciousness requires an inter-subjective mode for its construction and functioning.