LEADER 02987nam 2200481 450 001 9910821472103321 005 20230809223505.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000001134236 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4835292 035 $a(DLC) 2017030998 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001134236 100 $a20170425h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe abstraction engine $eextracting patterns in language, mind and brain /$fMichael Fortescue 210 1$aAmsterdam, [Netherlands] ;$aPhiladelphia, [Pennsylvania] :$cJohn Benjamins Publishing Company,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (200 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aAdvances in Consciousness Research ;$v94 311 $a90-272-1361-5 311 $a90-272-6584-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Abstraction all the way down -- Language, abstract and less abstract -- CoGnitive linguistics: Language embodied -- Abstraction, metaphor and cultural context -- The abstraction of events in narrative and memory -- Pre-linguistic abstraction and projection: perception and imagination -- The feel of things: abstract emotion -- Neurological underpinnings: the world seen through hidden layers -- Abstraction at work: It's child's play -- The philosophical approach -- Abstraction all the way up: its evolutionary purpose. 330 8 $aThe main thesis of this book is that abstraction, far from being confined to higher forms of cognition, language and logical reasoning, has actually been a major driving force throughout the evolution of creatures with brains. It is manifest in emotive as well as rational thought. Wending its way through the various facets of abstraction, the book attempts to clarify - and relate - the often confusing meanings of the word 'abstract' that one may encounter even within the same discipline. The unusual synoptic approach, which draws upon research in psychology, neural network theory, child language acquisition, philosophy and consciousness studies, as well as a variety of linguistic disciplines, cannot be compared directly to other books on the market that touch upon just one particular aspect of abstraction. It is aimed at a wide readership - anyone interested in the nature of abstraction and the cognitive processing and purpose behind it--$cSource other than Library of Congress. 410 0$aAdvances in consciousness research ;$v94. 606 $aAbstraction 606 $aThought and thinking 606 $aNeurolinguistics 615 0$aAbstraction. 615 0$aThought and thinking. 615 0$aNeurolinguistics. 676 $a153.24 700 $aFortescue$b Michael$0662476 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821472103321 996 $aThe abstraction engine$94015710 997 $aUNINA