Why Peirce matters : the symbol in Deacon’s symbolic species

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorDe Villiers, Tanya
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-07T06:57:08Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at htt://www.sciencedirect.comen_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn ‘‘Why brains matter: an integrational perspective on The Symbolic Species’’ Cowley (2002) [Language Sciences 24, 73–95] suggests that Deacon pictures brains as being able to process words qua tokens, which he identifies as the theory’s Achilles’ heel. He goes on to argue that Deacon’s thesis on the co-evolution of language and mind would benefit from an integrational approach. This paper argues that Cowley’s criticism relies on an invalid understanding of Deacon’s use the concept of ‘‘symbolic reference’’, which he appropriates from Peirce’s semiotic. Peirce’s analysis as well as Deacon’s appropriation will be examined in detail. Consequently it will be argued that an integrationist reading would add very little to Deacon’s core thesis.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublishers' Versionen_ZA
dc.embargo.lift2025-12-31
dc.embargo.terms2025-12-31en_ZA
dc.format.extent21 p.
dc.identifier.citationDe Villiers, T. 2007. Why Pierce matters : the symbol in Deanson's symbol species. Language Sciences, 29(1), 88-108, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0388000106000428en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0388-0001
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1016/j.langsci.2006.07.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16354
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevier Ltden_ZA
dc.rights.holderElsevier Ltd.en_ZA
dc.subjectDeacon, Terrence William
dc.subjectPeirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914
dc.subjectEvolutionen
dc.titleWhy Peirce matters : the symbol in Deacon’s symbolic speciesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
Files
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Research Articles (Philosophy)