In the present paper we analyze the current neuroscientific debate on intelligent tool use by taking into account the Peircean concepts of abduction and icon. Peirce’s insights will allow us to address some of the problems currently discussed in the literature on tool behavior, and to finally suggest a new framework to account for this capability. In our proposal, Embodied Simulation is the neurobiological mechanism on which inferential abduction can be grounded. The intrinsically iconic nature of this mechanism will allow us to explain its cognitive value.

Il corpo come icona. Abduzione, strumenti ed Embodied Simulation

Cuccio, V.
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2015-01-01

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In the present paper we analyze the current neuroscientific debate on intelligent tool use by taking into account the Peircean concepts of abduction and icon. Peirce’s insights will allow us to address some of the problems currently discussed in the literature on tool behavior, and to finally suggest a new framework to account for this capability. In our proposal, Embodied Simulation is the neurobiological mechanism on which inferential abduction can be grounded. The intrinsically iconic nature of this mechanism will allow us to explain its cognitive value.
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