Cognitive History : Mind, Space, and Time / David Dunér, Christer Ahlberger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ahlberger, Christer, Editor.

Dunér, David, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognition--History.

Cognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book is the first introduction to the new field called cognitive history. The last decades have seen a noticeable increase in cognitive science studies that have changed the understanding of human thinking. Its relevance for historical research cannot be overlooked any more. Cognitive history could be explained as the study of how humans in history used their cognitive abilities in order to understand the world around them and to orient themselves in it, but also how the world outside their bodies affected their way of thinking. In focus for this book is the relationship between history and cognition, the human mind's interaction with the environment in time and space. It especially discusses certain cognitive abilities in interaction with the environment, which can be studied in historical sources, namely: evolution, language, rationality, spatiality, and materiality. Cognitive history can give us a deeper understanding of how - and not only what - people thought, and about the interaction between the human mind and the surrounding world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Preface: What is Cognitive History?

Human Mind in Space and Time: Prolegomena to a Cognitive History

The Evolution of Thinking: Cognitive Semiotics in between Deep History and the History of Mentalities

Cognitive History and Language

The Axiomatic-Deductive Ideal in Early Modern Thinking: A Cognitive History of Human Rationality

The Venice Experience: A Case Study of the Connection between Language and Situated Cognition

Making "Home": The Home as a Cognitive Artefact

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

Editors

Authors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9783110582383

3110582384

9783110579840

3110579847

OCLC:

1091708520