How Deep is the Surface? A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Meaning-Making in Living Systems |
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| Authors: | Yair Neuman |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Education, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel |
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| Abstract: | Living systems are characterized by unique properties that make them resistant to the ``information-processingperspective' of traditional cognitive science.This paper details those unique properties andoffers a new theoretical framework forunderstanding the behavior of living systems.This framework leans heavily on ideas fromgeneral systems theory (specifically Bateson'sinteractionist perspective), semiotics, andMerleau-Ponty's phenomenology. The benefits ofusing this framework are illustrated withexamples from two different domains: immunologyand verbal interaction. |
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| Keywords: | cognition and living systems cognitive science general systems theory and semiotics interdisciplinary research meaning as interaction |
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