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JoLMA
Journal issue | 6 | 1 | 2025
Research Article | Post-Cognitivism and the Indissoluble Bonding of Languaging, Embodiment, and Thinking
Post-Cognitivism and the Indissoluble Bonding of Languaging, Embodiment, and Thinking
Abstract
Classical cognitive science often strips the inherent social character out of language, treating it as a system of internal mental representations, and so does Generative Linguistics. In contrast, post-cognitivist approaches to psychology reject representationalism but struggle with language’s capacity to refer beyond sensory experience. Cognitive Linguistics addresses meaning and embodiment but remains somewhat isolated from broader post-cognitivist thought. The enactive approach overtly problematizes the concept of representation, but tends to marginalize language; when such focus is taken, a coherent account of semantic content remains an unresolved task. This paper surveys philosophical and linguistic perspectives on language within post-cognitivist frameworks and proposes a blueprint for future research based on four points: sociality and interaction, embodiment, ecological validity, and representation-as-praxis.
Submitted: Jan. 13, 2025 | Accepted: March 7, 2025 | Published June 13, 2025 | Language: en
Keywords Post-cognitivism • Embodiment • Languaging • Cognitive Linguistics • Representations
Copyright © 2025 Filippo Batisti, Marcos G. Vidal. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2025/01/004
