Hermeneutics and Cognitive Science: A Preliminary Approach

Glebkin, Vladimir

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“…Looking at this issue through the lens of cultural-historical theory, we can hypothesize that conceptual metonymy is the basic means of semantic evolution in pre-theoretical cultures (e.g., in hunter-gatherer cultures, ancient Egypt, ancient Babylon, etc. ), which are characterized by a lack of abstract cognitive domains (Glebkin, 2011;Luria, 1976), whereas conceptual metaphor emerges in theoretical cultures, such as the ancient Greece, in the wake of abstract cognitive domains to describe their structure. 3.…”

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Cultural-historical psychology and the cognitive view of metonymy and metaphor

Glebkin¹

2014

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Metonymy and metaphor are commonly taken as cognitive phenomena in modern cognitive linguistics rather than as mere figures of speech. However, the correct cognitive demarcation between metonymy and metaphor is the subject of intense debate; there are also different attitudes to the cognitive basis of metonymy. The main contribution of this paper is to identify the cognitive mechanism called complex thinking, which is well-known in psychology but hardly applied in linguistics, as the cognitive basis for metonymy; the difference between complex and conceptual thinking is also highlighted in order to distinguish between conceptual metonymy and conceptual metaphor. Using a cultural-historical approach, we can conjecture that metonymy dominates in pre-theoretical cultures, whereas metaphor emerges in theoretical cultures alongside abstract conceptual domains. In order to illustrate these points with a brief case study, the semantic evolution of the ancient Greek word Ûlh (matter) is considered.

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Cultural-historical psychology and the cognitive view of metonymy and metaphor

Glebkin¹

2014

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“…This approach focuses on the cognitive likeness of prehistoric culture to hunter-gatherer culture (or foraging culture), based on the likeness of everyday activities (e.g., Romanov, 1991). 5 To some extent, indirect evidence for this can also be found in the cultures of Ancient Egypt and Ancient Babylonia (Glebkin, 2011).…”

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“…Thus, mathematical problems in the Babylonian tradition are strictly connected with a concrete production context; Babylonian mathematics has no special terminology or abstract domains to which such terminology might correspond (e.g., Friberg, 2007; Neugebauer, Sachs, & Goetze, 1945; Waerden, 1954). Also the Babylonian legislative text, “The Code of Hammurabi,” which according to its social function should be expected to have a robust, formal structure, turns out to implement a complex type of thinking, which characterizes people of hunter-gatherer cultures (Glebkin, 2011).…”

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The Problem of Cultural-Historical Typology From the Four-Level-Cognitive-Development Theory Perspective

Glebkin

2015

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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The problem of cultural-historical typology is one of the most intriguing issues at the crossroads of psychology and cultural theory. This article presents a preliminary sketch of the four-level-cognitive-development theory to look at this issue from a new perspective. According to the model suggested, three cultural types are marked out: prehistoric and hunter-gatherer culture, early theoretical culture (e.g., Ancient Greek, Ancient Chinese, Ancient Indian), and modern industrial culture. The major features of four cognitive levels are described; the links between them and cultural types are explored. Also some conjectures are posed concerning social-cultural processes that entailed the emergence of new cognitive levels.

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Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts

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Hermeneutics and Cognitive Science: A Preliminary Approach

Cited by 4 publications

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Cultural-historical psychology and the cognitive view of metonymy and metaphor

Cultural-historical psychology and the cognitive view of metonymy and metaphor

The Problem of Cultural-Historical Typology From the Four-Level-Cognitive-Development Theory Perspective

Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts

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