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Claude Lévi-Strauss Reconsidered: Cognitive science, epistemology, and the (not so savage) algebraic mind

Claude Lévi-Strauss Reconsidered: Cognitive science, epistemology, and the (not so savage)... Robert E. Haskeil Claude Levi-Strauss Reconsidered: Cognitive science, epistemology, and the (not so savage) algebraic mind Reconsidering Levi-Strauss' work - on the eve of his lOOth year of life - that the structure of Cognition is algebraic and analogical as indicated by his analysis of preliterate myths, along with a brief review and analysis of mathematics and Cognition, structuralism, and epistemology, the paper su^est s that critics of his werk (a) were only partially correct, (b) ap- proached his material from an inappropriate epistemology, and (c) while, in applicarion his structural method is problematic, (d) being a pioneer his value is to have posited a novel conceptualization that merits further research. Finally, (e) based on related findings, it is suggested that his no- tion of an algebraic/analogical mind, which allowed him to illustrate a novel mathematical framework in his structuralist project, can be mod- eled and tested. CORRESPONDENCE Robert E. Haskeil. Dept of Psychology, Univeisity of New Eng- land, Biddefotd, Maine, USA. EMAIL haskellre@gmall.com Introduction Reminiscent of a bygone era, Levi-Strauss' anthropology is synoptic in its scope , covering mythology, linguistics, Cognition, philosophy, history, and methodology. More specifically, Levi-Strauss (1963, 1966) saw himself as investigating how the mind works http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Cognitive Semiotics de Gruyter

Claude Lévi-Strauss Reconsidered: Cognitive science, epistemology, and the (not so savage) algebraic mind

Haskeil, Robert E.
Cognitive Semiotics , Volume 3 (s1): 26 – Sep 1, 2008
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Robert E. Haskeil Claude Levi-Strauss Reconsidered: Cognitive science, epistemology, and the (not so savage) algebraic mind Reconsidering Levi-Strauss' work - on the eve of his lOOth year of life - that the structure of Cognition is algebraic and analogical as indicated by his analysis of preliterate myths, along with a brief review and analysis of mathematics and Cognition, structuralism, and epistemology, the paper su^est s that critics of his werk (a) were only partially correct, (b) ap- proached his material from an inappropriate epistemology, and (c) while, in applicarion his structural method is problematic, (d) being a pioneer his value is to have posited a novel conceptualization that merits further research. Finally, (e) based on related findings, it is suggested that his no- tion of an algebraic/analogical mind, which allowed him to illustrate a novel mathematical framework in his structuralist project, can be mod- eled and tested. CORRESPONDENCE Robert E. Haskeil. Dept of Psychology, Univeisity of New Eng- land, Biddefotd, Maine, USA. EMAIL haskellre@gmall.com Introduction Reminiscent of a bygone era, Levi-Strauss' anthropology is synoptic in its scope , covering mythology, linguistics, Cognition, philosophy, history, and methodology. More specifically, Levi-Strauss (1963, 1966) saw himself as investigating how the mind works

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