Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185Rome, Italy
Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Italian National Research Council, Via San Martino della Battaglia 44, 00185Rome, Italy.
Behav Brain Sci. 2020 Jun 19;43:e123. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X19003091.
Thinking about what the senses cannot grasp is one of the hallmarks of human cognition. We argue that "intangible abstracta" are represented differently from other products of abstraction, that goal-derived categorization supports their learning, and that they are grounded also in internalized linguistic and social interaction. We conclude by suggesting different ways in which abstractness contributes to cement group cohesion.
思考感官无法把握的事物是人类认知的标志之一。我们认为,“无形抽象物”与其他抽象产物的表现方式不同,目标导向的分类有助于它们的学习,并且它们也基于内化的语言和社会互动。最后,我们提出了抽象性有助于巩固群体凝聚力的不同方式。