Neurosemiotics: Blurbing a field beyond the “two cultures divide”
Gatherings in Biosemiotics XX
García, A. M., Franco-O’Byrne, D., & Ibáñez, A. (2020). Neurosemiotics: Blurbing a field beyond the “two cultures divide”. En Lacková, L., C. Rodríguez & K. Kull (eds.), Gatherings in Biosemiotics XX (pp. 92-97). Tartu: University of Tartu Press. ISBN: 978-9949-03-514-4. Online: https://bit.ly/36dSxqi.
En este capítulo delineamos las premisas básicas y áreas principales de la neurosemiótica, un campo interdisciplinario que busca caracterizar las continuidades y tensiones entre las dimensiones biológicas, fenomenológicas, comportamentales y culturales de la experiencia humana.
Neurosemiotics: Blurbing a field beyond the “two cultures divide”
Gatherings in Biosemiotics XX
García, A. M., Franco-O’Byrne, D., & Ibáñez, A. (2020). Neurosemiotics: Blurbing a field beyond the “two cultures divide”. En Lacková, L., C. Rodríguez & K. Kull (eds.), Gatherings in Biosemiotics XX (pp. 92-97). Tartu: University of Tartu Press. ISBN: 978-9949-03-514-4. Online: https://bit.ly/36dSxqi.
One of the defining characteristics of the human species is our incessant drive to construe meaning. Perhaps inevitably, this ubiquitous trait has been a hotspot of research across diverse traditions in the humanities and the natural sciences. Nevertheless, interdisciplinary pursuits in these traditions have been unsuccessful in establishing synergies among the neurological, sensorimotor, cognitive, perceptual, visceral, and interactive processes that jointly shape our semiotic experiences. To forge a productive ethos that captures those convergences, we must overcome the so-called “two cultures divide,” namely, the artificially imposed schism between social and natural or physical aspects of our existence. This is, in a nutshell, the core mission of neurosemiotics.
