KNOWLEDGE EVOLUTION



Existence


Nature-absolute

Nature-relative

Objective = umbra


Subjective = penumbra


Simple nature

Purely intellectual
= metaphysical

Purely material
= epistemological


Common notions
= principles of logic

Real
(stands by
itself)


Formal semantics


Cognitive semantic


Linguistic semantics


Science
zɪ......


Logic

Logical
(stands in
relation to
others)

T
I

M
E

KNOWLEDGE EVOLUTION


Figure 3

4. Cognitive Semantics and Embodiment Hypothesis

The basic assumption of cognitive semantics is the embodiment of the knowledge. In
contrast with the Cartesian rationality, where the mind-body dualism plays a crucial role,
cognitive semantics erases the three hundred years’ old Cartesian boundary between
‘nature-absolute’ and ‘nature-relative’. This boundary now becomes permeable. Semantic
study now requires linguistic, as well as neurological signatures (Pinker & Ullman 2002).
Whatever knowledge representation we have that should be verified in terms of the
cognitive revolution, primarily on basis of the experiential evidences. Knowledge in



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