易腐烂的材料选择表明了象征性和代表性的能力
1Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University Campus, Ano Ilisia, Athens, Greece etzafestas@phs.uoa.gr; http://scholar.uoa.gr/etzafestas/.
The Behavioral and brain sciences
|January 14, 2025
概括
缺乏耐用的文物并不意味着古代人类缺乏象征性的思想. 易腐烂的材料和游戏等活动也代表了象征性的认知,没有留下永久的考古证据.
科学领域:
- 考古学的考古学
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 人类学是人类学.
背景情况:
- 考古记录主要由持久的物质文化组成.
- 缺乏证据 (持久文物) 往往被误解为缺乏证据 (象征性认知).
- 象征性认知可能以在物质记录中未被保存的方式表现.
研究的目的:
- 挑战持久物质文化的假设是为了推断象征性认知所必需的.
- 探索其他途径来表达和保存过去的象征性思想.
- 为了突出仅仅依靠物质遗迹来理解古代认知的局限性.
主要方法:
- 对物质文化与认知之间的关系进行概念分析.
- 考古学和人类学证据的审查,关于易腐材料的使用.
- 考虑非成人和实验活动作为象征性行为的潜在指标.
主要成果:
- 由于实际或暂时的需要,易腐烂的材料经常用于象征性目的.
- 符号功能可能存在于耐用材料使用之前或独立于耐用材料的使用.
- 儿童的游戏和工匠的实验,通常使用易损坏的物品,代表着重要的象征性活动.
结论:
- 没有持久的象征性文物并不等同于没有象征性认知.
- 象征性认知可以通过易腐烂的材料和活动来表达,这些材料和活动会留下很少或没有任何物质痕迹.
- 对考古记录进行更广泛的解释,包括不持久的证据,对于理解认知进化至关重要.
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