Derived Embodiment in Abstract Language

• Main Author: Schilhab, Theresa. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Evolutionary biology.; Semiotics.; Education > Philosophy.; Developmental psychology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319560564
• Physical Description: XI, 242 p. 4 illus. online resource.

How does knowledge of phenomena and events we have no direct experiences of emerge? Having a brain that learns from being in the world, how can we conceive of prehistoric dinosaurs, Atlantis, unicorns or even 'desire'? This book is about how abstract knowledge becomes anchored in direct ex...