The extended mind : the emergence of language, the human mind, and culture / Robert K. Logan.

Title
  1. The extended mind : the emergence of language, the human mind, and culture / Robert K. Logan.
Published by
  1. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2007.
Author
  1. Logan, Robert K., 1939-

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Description
  1. vi, 320 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. "The ability to communicate through language is such a fundamental part of human existence that we often take it for granted, rarely considering how sophisticated the process is by which we understand and make ourselves understood. In The Extended Mind, acclaimed author Robert K. Logan examines the origin, emergence, and co-evolution of language, the human mind, and culture." "Building on his previous study, The Sixth Language (2000), and making use of emergence theory, Logan seeks to explain how language emerged to deal with the complexity of hominid existence brought about by tool making, control of fire, social intelligence, coordinated hunting and gathering, and mimetic communication. The resulting emergence of language, he argues, signifies a fundamental change in the functioning of the human mind - a shift from percept-based thought to concept based thought." "In addition Logan shows how, according to this model, culture itself can be treated as an organism that has evolved to be easily attained, revealing the universality of human culture as well as providing an insight as to how altruism might have originated. Bringing timely insights to a fascinating field of inquiry, The Extended Mind will be of interest to readers in a wide range of disciplines."--book jacket.
Series statement
  1. Toronto studies in semiotics and communication
Uniform title
  1. Toronto studies in semiotics and communication.
Subject
  1. Language and languages > Origin
  2. Language and culture
  3. Human evolution
  4. Thought and thinking
  5. Langage et langues > Origines
  6. Langage et culture
  7. Homme > Évolution
  8. Pensée
  9. Thinking
Contents
  1. History of the Study of the origin of language -- Evolution of notated language -- Extended mind model of the origin of language --Grand unification theory of human thought and culture -- How universal is universal grammar? Chomsky's generative grammar -- Is the primary function of language social communication or the representation of abstract thought? -- What are the mechanisms that led to spoken language? -- Ontogeny and language -- Phylogeny or the Evolutionary history of language -- Synthesis of five approaches to the origin of language -- Overlaps of the extended mind model with the work of Clark, Jackendoff, and Schumann -- Co-evolution of culture and language -- Altruism and the origin of language and culture -- Culture as an organism and the emergence of universal culture -- Epilogue: the propagating organization of language and culture.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-312) and index.
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