This paper focuses on Edmund Burke’s anti-representationalist account of language given in A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful (1757), where emotions are seen as culturally motivating the iconic aspect of linguistic signs. Burke’s insight into the nature of emotions seems to receive confirmation from evidence collected recently in a series of studies by cognitive scientists. Finally, a cautionary note is struck against certain excessive uses of neurosciences.
Lettura di Burke
NIEDDA D
2013-01-01
Abstract
This paper focuses on Edmund Burke’s anti-representationalist account of language given in A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful (1757), where emotions are seen as culturally motivating the iconic aspect of linguistic signs. Burke’s insight into the nature of emotions seems to receive confirmation from evidence collected recently in a series of studies by cognitive scientists. Finally, a cautionary note is struck against certain excessive uses of neurosciences.File in questo prodotto:
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