The Freedom of Words is for anyone interested in understanding the
role of body and language in cognition and how humans developed the
sophisticated ability to use abstract concepts like 'freedom' and
'thinking'. This volume adopts a transdisciplinary perspective,
including philosophy, semiotics, psychology, and neuroscience, to
show how language, as a tool, shapes our minds and influences our
interaction with the physical and social environment. It develops a
theory showing how abstract concepts in their different varieties
enhance cognition and profoundly influence our social and affective
life. It addresses how children learn such abstract concepts,
details how they vary across languages and cultures, and outlines
the link between abstractness and the capability to detect inner
bodily signals. Overall, the book shows how words – abstract
words in particular, because of their indeterminate and open
character – grant us freedom.
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