Embodiment In Cognition And Culture (advances In Consciousness Research)

Embodiment in Cognition and Culture Advances in Consciousness Research (AiCR) Provides a forum for scholars from different scientific disciplines and fields of knowledge who study consciousness in its multifaceted aspects. Thus the Series includes (but is not limited to) the various areas of cognitive science, including cognitive psychology, brain science, philosophy and linguistics. The orientation of the series is toward developing new interdisciplinary and integrative approaches for the investigation, description and theory of consciousness, as well as the practical consequences of this research for the individual in society. From 1999 the Series consists of two subseries that cover the most important types of contributions to consciousness studies: Series A: Theory and Method. Contributions to the development of theory and method in the study of consciousness; Editor Maxim I. Stamenov Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Editorial Board David J. Chalmers Australian National University Stephen L. Macknik Gordon G. Globus Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA Ray Jackendoff University of California at San Diego Christof Koch California Institute of Technology Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA Stephen M. Kosslyn John R. Searle Harvard University University of California at Berkeley Earl Mac Cormac Petra Stoerig University of California at Irvine Brandeis University Duke University George Mandler Susana Martinez-Conde Universität Düsseldorf Volume 71 Embodiment in Cognition and Culture John Michael Krois, Mats Rosengren, Angela Steidele and Dirk Westerkamp (eds.) Embodiment in Cognition and Culture Edited by John Michael Krois Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Mats Rosengren Göterborg University Angela Steidele Cologne Dirk Westerkamp Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam / Philadelphia 8 TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences – Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Embodiment in cognition and culture / John Michael Krois ... [et al.], eds. p. cm. (Advances in Consciousness Research, issn 1381-589X ; v. 71) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Cognition and culture. I. Krois, John Michael. BF311.E4853    2007 153--dc22 isbn 978 90 272 5207 4 (Hb; alk. paper) 2007016259 © 2007 – John Benjamins B.V. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. John Benjamins Publishing Co. · P.O. Box 36224 · 1020 me Amsterdam · The Netherlands John Benjamins North America · P.O. Box 27519 · Philadelphia pa 19118-0519 · usa Table of contents Preface Introduction xi xiii 1.  Systems The physical origins of purposive systems Terrence Deacon and Jeremy Sherman 1 2 3 4 4.1 4.2 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 6 Telos: A lost cause?  3 Method  6 Minding the theoretical gaps  9 The model  11 The thermodynamic universe  11 Random collisions and geometric biases  12 From thermodynamics to morphodynamics  14 Autocatalysis: a morphodynamic chain reaction  15 A morphodynamic source of coherence  16 Autocell functions  17 The birth of evolvable telo-dynamics  18 From evolvability to purpose  20 The extensions of man revisited: From primary to tertiary embodiment Göran Sonesson 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 The body, old and new  28 From the portable memory to the independent record