Biosemiotics,the Extended Synthesis,and Ecological Information: Making Sense of the Organism-Environment Relation at the Cognitive Level |
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Authors: | Manuel Heras-Escribano Paulo de Jesus |
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Affiliation: | 1.IAS-Research Centre for Life, Mind and Society, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science,University of the Basque Country,Donostia/San Sebastián,Spain;2.Department of Computing,Goldsmiths University of London,London,UK |
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Abstract: | This paper argues that the Extended Synthesis, ecological information, and biosemiotics are complementary approaches whose engagement will help us explain the organism-environment interaction at the cognitive level. The Extended Synthesis, through niche construction theory, can explain the organism-environment interaction at an evolutionary level because niche construction is a process guided by information. We believe that the best account that defines information at this level is the one offered by biosemiotics and, within all kinds of biosemiotic information available, we believe that ecological information (information for affordances) is the best candidate for making sense of the organism-environment relation at the cognitive level. This entanglement of biosemiotics, ecological information and the Extended Synthesis is promising for understanding the multidimensional character of the organism-environment reciprocity as well as the relation between evolution, cognition, and meaning. |
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