关于认知符号学的思考:人文还是科学?

Cognitive Semiotics： Humanities or Science？

近年来,认知科学迅速发展成为一个覆盖面巨大的伞形术语,符号学运动中也产生了认知符号学分科。检查该学科的发展史,可以看到皮尔斯在为符号学奠基时,就已经极端强调认知与解释了。目前的认知符号学,应用某些认知科学的方法,更加强调符号学原有的认知倾向。但是如果让符号学朝脑神经心理科学方向靠拢,就会失去符号学的人文本色,这对符号学的发展反而不利。

In recent years, cognitive science has rapidly developed into a vast umbrella term, giving rise to cognitive semiotics. An examination of its genealogy reveals that C. S. Peirce emphasised cognition and interpretation at the very founding stage of semiotics. More recently, cognitive semiotics has focused more on the tendency towards cognitivity, which employs some of the methods of cognitive science. Nevertheless, semiotics may lose its characteristics as a discipline within the humanities if it is allowed to approach neuropsychology too closely. This trend could be undesirable for its development.