La emergencia del símbolo (The Emergence of the Symbol)

4 Pages Posted: 8 Jul 2015

Date Written: December 20, 2007

Abstract

Spanish abstract: Las teorías evolucionistas de Terrence Deacon, Mark Turner y Richard van Oort sobre la emergencia del simbolismo sobre la base de la comunicación animal pueden complementarse con un mayor énfasis sobre los procesos reflexivos del cerebro y sobre la auto-interacción, fenómenos que a su vez se hallan en relación dialéctica con la interiorización de la interacción social. Las estructuras simbólicas elementales usadas en la auto-interacción devienen piezas de construcción para un simbolismo social complejo, que a su vez da lugar a la interiorización de interacciones más complejas.

English abstract: Terrence Deacon's, Mark Turner's and Richard van Oort's evolutionary theories regarding the emergence of symbolism on the basis of animal communication can be supplemented with a stonger emphasis on reflexive processes on the brain and on self-interaction, phenomena which are in turn dialectically related to the internalization of social interaction. Elementary symbolic structures used in self-interaction become building blocks for complex social symbolism, which gives rise to the interiorization of more complex interactions.

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Keywords: Evolution, Cognition, Evolutionary psychology, Symbolism, Communication, Self-interaction, Social interaction, Reflexivity

Suggested Citation

Garcia Landa, Jose Angel, La emergencia del símbolo (The Emergence of the Symbol) (December 20, 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2627604 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2627604

Jose Angel Garcia Landa (Contact Author)

Universidad de Zaragoza ( email )

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Zaragoza, 50005
Spain

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