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We have never been too abstract

Yair Neuman

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.