Downey Greg, Gillett Alexander J
School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University.
Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University.
Top Cogn Sci. 2023 Oct;15(4):693-697. doi: 10.1111/tops.12660. Epub 2023 May 10.
Kemmerer's discussion of links between semantic typology and embodied cognition is welcome, especially his survey of available evidence. Focusing on mechanisms of embodied enculturation, however, we must understand that language is just one part of developmental assemblies that shape cognition, alongside other cultural elements such as sensory learning, behavior patterns, social interactions, and emotional experience. We believe that a source of this problem is an obsolete definition of "culture" as shared mental information that is inconsistent with models of embodied cognition and yet pervasive in human and cognitive sciences. We point to microethnographies of cognitive ecologies as a tractable remedy.
凯默勒对语义类型学与具身认知之间联系的讨论值得欢迎，尤其是他对现有证据的调查。然而，在关注具身文化适应的机制时，我们必须明白，语言只是塑造认知的发展组合的一部分，与其他文化元素如感官学习、行为模式、社会互动和情感体验并存。我们认为，这个问题的一个根源是对“文化”的过时定义，即共享的心理信息，它与具身认知模型不一致，但在人类科学和认知科学中却普遍存在。我们指出认知生态学的微观民族志是一种可行的补救方法。
