1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910588794403321

Autore

Prole Dragan

Titolo

Personhood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

https : //ebooks.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/aprl/catalog/book/49, : NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Lab Press, 2020

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (228 p.)

Collana

Hellenic-Serbian Philosophical Dialogue Series ; 2

Soggetti

History of Western philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The motives for bringing about the Hellenic-Serbian Dialogue Series originate from the sentiment that mutual relations between Greeks and Sebs far surpass the cultural exchange between Greece and Serbia. Knowing that cooperation does not simply fall into one’s lap, but must be initiated by human will and energy, a group of philosophers from Athens and Novi Sad, the proverbial “Athens of Serbia,” committed themselves to improving this state of affairs, at least within the confines of their area of expertise, philosophy. It is our firm intent to carry out the promise of the title of this series in the following years. Apart from mere cooperation between our two institutions, our aim is also to facilitate an international dialogue that would involve a wide range of thinkers, regardless of their place of employment. The topic of this second volume is personhood, which was spurred on by the need to investigate the condition of humanity in the twenty-first century. With this second volume of the Hellenic-Serbian Philosophical Dialogue Series we have done our best to produce a rich, multi-faceted, broadly scoped, and inspiring book; we wish it becomes for the reader the ideal vehicle for an intellectually stimulating journey.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910734851503321

Autore

Mattschey Jennifer

Titolo

The Effects of Bilingualism on Non-Linguistic Cognition : A Historic Perspective / / by Jennifer Mattschey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023

ISBN

9783031346811

3031346815

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 pages)

Disciplina

929.605

404.2019

Soggetti

Cognitive psychology

Psycholinguistics

Multilingualism

Psychology

Social sciences - History

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Science - History

Cognitive Psychology

Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Lingusitics

History of Psychology

Language Education

History of Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Bilingual Education in the Early Twentieth Century -- 3. The Bilingual Problem -- 4. Mid-Twentieth Century: Bilingualism and Intelligence -- 5. Late Twentieth Century: Meta-Linguistics -- 6. The Bilingual Advantage -- 7. Is Bilingualism Good or Bad?.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines a century of research on the relationship between bilingualism and intelligence and relates it to more recent research on bilingualism and executive functioning. In doing so, it highlights how bilingualism research has been understood and used by wider society



and its impact on current debates in cognitive science as well as language policy and education. The book probes the correlation between the fact that while early intelligence research suggested a negative effect of bilingualism on intelligence, the so-called “Bilingual Problem”, later research implied a positive effect, “the Bilingual Advantage.” It questions whether the negative consequences that arose from the Bilingual Problem are influencing researchers’ reluctance to let go of the Bilingual Advantage. Findings on both the bilingual ‘advantage’ and ‘disadvantage’ are shown to have suffered from similar methodological problems, with research into the former finding itself at the centre of the ongoing replication crisis in psychology. This book provides fresh insights that will be of particular interest to students and scholars of cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, bilingualism, applied linguistics, education and the history of science.