The Natural History of Intentionality. A Biosemiotic Approach

Abstract

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 Scientific considerations about the origin of humanity might not be entirely new. However, the articles in this volume present a spectrum/variety of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives which no doubt calls attention and dares to present the span of the problem. The reader is inspired to continuously push and re-think ways of thinking about the themes, instead of fixing and unequivocalizing and is forced to acknowledge a diversity of angles and the need of merging different approaches to achieve further insights on the central theme. The volume succinctly distils frontline research within different subfields by compiling contributions from widely acknowledged academics.