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Being human: experiencing and communicating.

Carla Cunha1, João Salgado

  • 1University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. ccunha@ismai.pt

Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Science
|February 19, 2008
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This study argues that traditional cognitive science conflates meaning with computation. It proposes that understanding meaning requires embracing dialogical concepts like responsivity and addressivity, emphasizing socialized signs and relationships as fundamental to human existence and otherness.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Philosophy of Language
  • Semiotics

Background:

  • Traditional cognitive science often reduces meaning (semantics) to symbol manipulation (syntax).
  • This approach overlooks the crucial role of relational context in understanding meaning.
  • Existing models struggle to account for the social and dialogical nature of communication.

Discussion:

  • The article critiques the traditional view by highlighting its inability to grasp the dependence of meaning on relational context.
  • It introduces Mikhail Bakhtin's concepts of responsivity and addressivity as essential features of social communication.
  • Socialized signs are presented as pivotal tools mediating our interaction with the world and others.

Key Insights:

  • Meaning is intrinsically tied to social interaction and dialogical context, not just internal computation.
  • Responsivity and addressivity are fundamental to the nature of communicational acts.
  • Human existence is fundamentally relational, with otherness being a necessary component of selfhood.

Outlook:

  • This radical dialogical perspective has profound implications for understanding human ontology.
  • It suggests that relationships form the basis for defining human beings and their connection to otherness.
  • Future research could explore the neurobiological and developmental underpinnings of dialogical cognition.