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Psychosemiotics / Howard A. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Howard A., 1943-
- Series:
- Semiotics and the human sciences ; vol. 20.
- Semiotics and the human sciences ; vol. 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Semiotics--Psychological aspects.
- Semiotics.
- Cognition.
- Culture--Semiotic models.
- Culture.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 332 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : P. Lang, [2001]
- Summary:
- This book introduces psychosemiotics, the study of how we learn, understand, and use the signs of culture. In describing seven signways through which we come to know our worlds, Howard A. Smith applies insights from multiple intelligences theory, evolutionary psychology, and the semioties of Charles Sanders Peirce. This book also provides implications for educational practice and suggestions for ongoing inquiry in psychosemiotics.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Perspectives
- Chapter 1 On Human Cognition 9
- Two Traditions of Cognitive Psychology 10
- World Views of the Two Traditions 14
- Representation 17
- Meaning 20
- Motivation and Emotion 24
- Memory 28
- Perception 32
- Constructivism 36
- Domains and Signways 38
- Seven Signways of Human Cognition 42
- Chapter 2 On Semiotics 51
- Semiotics: A Definition and Capsule History 53
- Differentiating Sign and Symbol 58
- The Sign According to Peirce 60
- Semiosis 66
- The Forms of Inference 70
- Motivation and Emotion 74
- Representation 76
- Meaning 76
- Memory 79
- Perception 82
- Constructivism 84
- The Relationship Between Cognition and Semiotics 85
- Chapter 3 On Nature 89
- The Perspective of Evolutionary Psychology 90
- Perception 93
- The Umwelt of Jakob von Uexkull 101
- Representation and Meaning 106
- Experience and Brain Shaping 107
- The Signways of Brain and Mind 110
- Motivation and Emotion 120
- Memory 122
- Constructivism 124
- Classifying the Signways 125
- Chapter 4 On Culture 131
- Defining Culture 134
- Cultures, Minds, and Memes 137
- Representation and Meaning 143
- Cognition as Situated, Collective, and Distributed 146
- Motivation and Emotion 154
- Memory 157
- Perception 161
- Constructivism 163
- The Signways of Culture 164
- Part 2 Semiosis in the Signways of Mind and Culture
- Chapter 5 Time and Sequence 173
- The Linguistic Signway 173
- The Musical Signway 183
- The Logical-Mathematical Signway 191
- Chapter 6 Space and Place 205
- The Spatial Signway 206
- The Bodily-Kinesthetic Signway 216
- Chapter 7 Completing the Lebenswelt 227
- The Social-Personal Signway 228
- The Naturalistic Signway 236
- Connections Among the Signways 246
- Part 3 Educational Implications and Beyond
- Chapter 8 Implications for Education 253
- The Goals of Education 254
- Education is the Process of Engendering Meanings 259
- Meaning Depends on Culture and Context 264
- Meaning-Making is a Collective Process 266
- Meaning-Making is an Individual Process 269
- Meaning is Established in Every Signway 270
- Chapter 9 The Agenda of Psychosemiotics 277
- The Logic of Inquiry 282
- The Methodology of Inquiry 284
- Means and Methods of Inquiry 287.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-323) and index.
- ISBN:
- 082045236X
- OCLC:
- 44883639
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