We have never been too abstract
pp. 55-66
in: , Processes and boundaries of the mind, Berlin, Springer, 2003Abstract
If the dynamic, the concrete and the whole stand at the heart of our sign system, our mind and our unique form of being-in-the-world, how is it that our universe is conceived as reified and fragmented? A possible answer is that we have undergone a form of cultural evolution that transformed us from a concrete, holistic and operational form of existence to an abstract form of existence. This idea of cultural evolution is examined in the current chapter.