Man, nature, and semiotic modelling or How to create forests and backyards with language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12636664 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Prisca Augustyn (0000-0001-7606-1430, Florida Atlantic University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 488-503 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sign Systems Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1406-4243 • E-ISSN: 1736-7409 |
| Publisher | University of Tartu (PUBLISHER • EE) |
| DOI | 10.12697/sss.2013.41.4.06 |
| OpenAlex | W2086397163 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
This paper explains how we create concepts such as the forest or the backyard through language. Reflecting on Andreas Weber’s hope for a revolution of the life sciences and a re-evaluation of the role human beings play in nature, this paper adopts as a starting point Bruno Latour’s characterization of the distinction between nature and culture as an illusion that came with Modernity. Theoretical notions from modelling systems theory and cognitive linguistics explain that while language plays a key role in constructing new models of nature, new cognitive habits and changes of belief depend on face-to-face and non-verbal communication with other organisms, human and non-human
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept · Human science · Illusion · Linguistics · Modernity · Semiotics · Social science · Sociology · Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |