Autore: Paternoster, Alfredo
Titolo: Le teorie simulative della comprensione e l'idea di cognizione incarnata
Periodico: Sistemi intelligenti
Anno: 2010 - Volume: 0 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 131 - Pagina finale: 162

In this article I discuss the thesis according to which understanding language requires, at least in some cases, mental simulation. The plausibility of this «simulative theory of understanding» is assessed by a twofold line of investigation. In the first part I discuss whether the theory is actually vindicated by the available empirical evidence. In the second part, I propose a conceptual analysis of the notions of simulation and imagery. The two branches of my investigation will take us to one and the same conclusion: the simulative theory can be defended only in a weak version according to which understanding "certain classes" of sentences requires the activation of sensorimotor representations. In other words, sensorimotor representations are just an "aspect" of our conceptual abilities.


Premi sulle icone a fianco dei nomi per visualizzare i libri scritti dall'autore

---

---

SICI: 1120-9550(2010)0:1<131:LTSDCE>2.0.ZU;2-
Testo completo: http://www.mulino.it/ws/rwDirectDownload.php?doi=10.1422/31953
Testo completo alternativo: http://www.mulino.it/rivisteweb/scheda_articolo.php?id_articolo=31953

Esportazione dati in Refworks (solo per utenti abilitati)

Biblioteche ACNP che possiedono il periodico