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The Symbolic Species Evolved

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Editors:
  1. Theresa Schilhab

    1. , Danish School of Education, University of Århus, København, Denmark

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  2. Frederik Stjernfelt

    1. Aarhus C, Denmark

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  3. Terrence Deacon

    1. , Department of Anthropology, University of Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

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  • New perspectives on evolutionary cognition from some of the world’s leading researchers in the field
  • Gives a broad introduction to the range of perspectives on evolutionary cognition Includes up-to-date research from the author of
  • The symbolic species, Professor Terrence Deacon

Part of the book series: Biosemiotics (BSEM, volume 6)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction – Searching the Missing Links

    • Frederik Stjernfelt, Theresa Schilhab, Terrence W. Deacon
    Pages 1-5

  3. The Biosemiotic Connection

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Beyond the Symbolic Species

      • Terrence W. Deacon
      Pages 9-38

    3. The Evolution of Semiotic Self-Control

      • Frederik Stjernfelt
      Pages 39-63

    4. Peirce and Deacon on the Meaning and Evolution of Language

      • Ahti-Veikko J. Pietarinen
      Pages 65-80

    5. Semiosis Beyond Signs. On Two or Three Missing Links on the Way to Human Beings

      • Göran Sonesson
      Pages 81-93

  4. The Prehistoric and Comparative Connection

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. The Natural History of Intentionality. A Biosemiotic Approach

      • Jesper Hoffmeyer
      Pages 97-116

    3. The Evolution of Learning to Communicate: Avian Model for the Missing Link

      • Irene M. Pepperberg
      Pages 117-130

    4. From Parsing Actions to Understanding Intentions

      • Richard W. Byrne
      Pages 131-150

    5. Hominid Diversity and ‘Ancestor’ Myths

      • Niels Bonde
      Pages 151-191

    6. The Tripod Effect: Co-evolution of Cooperation, Cognition and Communication

      • Peter Gärdenfors, Ingar Brinck, Mathias Osvath
      Pages 193-222

  5. The Cognitive and Anthropological Connection

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
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    2. Language as a Repository of Tacit Knowledge

      • Harry Collins
      Pages 225-239

    3. Levels of Immersion and Embodiment

      • Theresa Schilhab
      Pages 241-251

    4. Emerging Symbols

      • Stefan Leijnen
      Pages 253-262

    5. Gender in Innovative Techno Fantasies

      • Cathrine Hasse
      Pages 263-281

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 283-288
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About this book

This anthology is a compilation of the best contributions from Symbolic Species Conferences I, II (which took place in 2006, 2007).

In 1997 the American anthropologist Terrence Deacon published The Symbolic Species: The Coevolution of Language and the Brain. The book is widely considered a seminal work in the subject of evolutionary cognition. However, Deacons book was the first step – further steps have had to be taken. The proposed anthology is such an important associate.

The contributions are written by a wide variety of scholars each with a unique view on evolutionary cognition and the questions raised by Terrence Deacon - emergence in evolution, the origin of language, the semiotic 'missing link', Peirce's semiotics in evolution and biology, biosemiotics, evolutionary cognition, Baldwinian evolution, the neuroscience of linguistic capacities as well as phylogeny of the homo species, primatology, embodied cognition and knowledge types.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Danish School of Education, University of Århus, København, Denmark

    Theresa Schilhab

  • Aarhus C, Denmark

    Frederik Stjernfelt

  • , Department of Anthropology, University of Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

    Terrence Deacon

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Symbolic Species Evolved

  • Editors: Theresa Schilhab, Frederik Stjernfelt, Terrence Deacon

  • Series Title: Biosemiotics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2336-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2335-1Published: 26 March 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9599-0Published: 16 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2336-8Published: 23 March 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1875-4651

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-466X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 290

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Neurosciences, Epistemology, Paleontology

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