Book | Chapter
We have never been too abstract
pp. 55-66
Abstract
If the dynamic, the concrete and the whole stand at the heart of our sign system, our mind and our unique form of being-in-the-world, how is it that our universe is conceived as reified and fragmented? A possible answer is that we have undergone a form of cultural evolution that transformed us from a concrete, holistic and operational form of existence to an abstract form of existence. This idea of cultural evolution is examined in the current chapter.
Publication details
Published in:
Neuman Yair (2003) Processes and boundaries of the mind: extending the limit line. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 55-66
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9078-5_8
Full citation:
Neuman Yair (2003) We have never been too abstract, In: Processes and boundaries of the mind, Dordrecht, Springer, 55–66.