注意差距:为什么没有通用意识形态系统?
1School of Philosophy, Research School of the Social Sciences, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia Kim.Sterelny@anu.edu.au.
The Behavioral and brain sciences
|October 2, 2023
概括
铭文标志系统对人类沟通提出了协调挑战. 这项研究认为,这样的系统可以是普遍的,为普遍的意识形态系统的稀有性提供了基于成本的解释.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 沟通研究 沟通研究
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 人类通信系统涉及复杂的发送/接收互动.
- 铭文标志系统,就像写作一样,提出了独特的协调挑战.
- 之前的研究表明,由于共同适应的困难,这些系统本质上是专业化的.
研究的目的:
- 重新评估莫林关于铭文标志系统的难题.
- 挑战铭文系统必须是专业化的观点.
- 提出一种基于成本的解释,来解释一般主义的意识形态系统的缺失.
主要方法:
- 通信系统设计的理论分析.
- 对铭文与其他标志系统的比较研究.
- 系统开发成本的经济建模.
主要成果:
- 铭文标志系统确实可以是通用的.
- 协调问题不需要系统专业化.
- 与一般主义意识形态系统相关的开发成本过高.
结论:
- 创造普遍主义思想体系的困难源于经济因素,而不是固有的局限性.
- 书面语言可以被视为一个通用主义的系统.
- 成本效益分析为通信系统的演变提供了新的视角.
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