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Terrence W. Deacon on Self- Consciousness - Dictionary of Arguments
I 451 Self-consciousness/language/symbols/signs/Deacon: Symbols (which in turn are designed as a system with internal relations) make it possible for the reference to eliminate connections to personal experiences. >Symbols/Deacon. For its part, the individual can establish new indexical connections to subjective experiences. >Experience, >Indexicality. The "subjective distance" of the public language allows a greater freedom than it would have been if it were a matter of direct memory or visualization of experiences. This is crucial for the development of self-consciousness. >Language/Vygotsky, >Everyday language, >Self-awareness._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Dea I T. W. Deacon The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of language and the Brain New York 1998 Dea II Terrence W. Deacon Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter New York 2013 |