Date: 15-Jul-2008 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: The Shared Mind: Zlatev, Racine, Sinha, Itkone (Eds) E-mail this message to a friend
Title: The Shared Mind
Subtitle: Perspectives on intersubjectivity
Series Title: Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research 12
Published: 2008
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Editor: Jordan Zlatev
Editor: Timothy P. Racine
Editor: Chris Sinha
Editor: Esa Itkone
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027239006 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027239006 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Abstract:
The cognitive and language sciences are increasingly oriented towards the social dimension of human cognition and communication. The hitherto dominant approach in modern cognitive science has viewed 'social cognition' through the prism of the traditional philosophical puzzle of how individuals solve the problem of understanding Other Minds. The Shared Mind challenges the conventional 'theory of mind' approach, proposing that the human mind is fundamentally based on intersubjectivity: the sharing of affective, conative, intentional and cognitive states and processes between a plurality of subjects. The socially shared, intersubjective foundation of the human mind is manifest in the structure of early interaction and communication, imitation, gestural communication and the normative and argumentative nature of language. In this path breaking volume, leading researchers from psychology, linguistics, philosophy and primatology offer complementary perspectives on the role of intersubjectivity in the context of human development, comparative cognition and evolution, and language and linguistic theory.
Linguistic Field(s):
Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Language
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