Beyond the curtain or into the looking glass

pp. 17-24

in: Yair Neuman, Processes and boundaries of the mind, Berlin, Springer, 2003

Abstract

Several philosophers strive for an unmediated understanding of the world. However, it seems that unmediated cognition is impossible since cognition is by definition mediated by signs. Therefore, inquiring into the reified universe is primarily an inquiry into our semiotic activity.