从人文到科学:认知符号学的立场

From Humanities to Science： The Standpoint of Cognitive Semiotics

符号学与认知科学的结合成为近年热门的发展方向并广受争议。论辩焦点集中在认知符号学的＂科学＂、＂人文＂属性,它是否构成传统符号学之外的新体系？本文越出符号学边界,从＂人文科学的科学化＂背景来考察认知符号学的特征,通过人文与自然的双向关系解读新时期符号学与认知科学的结合方式。两个学科的协同作业是当前知识前沿诸学科方法论交汇的结果,这种基于总体问题的诉求影响了符号学当前发展的侧重点;反过来,符号学范式又作用于更广义的认知科学。认知符号学既是＂符号学＂的＂认知化＂,又是＂认知科学＂的＂符号学化＂。

Recent years have witnessed the rise of cognitive semiotics. However, debates about whether this doctrine belongs to the humanities or the sciences and whether it constitutes a brand-new system of semiotics are gaining attention. Beyond the traditional boundary of semiotics, this paper endeavours to ponder the general characterisation of cognitive semiotics in the context of＂ the ＂scientization of the humanities＂, and to explore how semiotics and cognitive science are combined through consideration of the dyadic relations between the humanities and natural sciences. It concludes that the convergence of semiotics and cognitive science results from a methodological integration of these frontier disciplines. Such convergence, by appealing to ＂generality＂, influences developing trends in semiotics, while semiotics in return affects the development of cognitive science. Thus, cognitive semiotics is the fruit of mutual influence between semiotics and cognitive science.