摘要：This paper discusses pragmatics fundamentals and assumptions often used for the understanding cognitive phenomena. Discussing the concepts of self, mind, world and truth in the pragmatism, the theoretical-epistemological marks of cognitive sciences, it points out implications of such concepts according to a pragmatic knowledge theory. A pragmatism approach can be seen as a species of pluralism rather than a monism or a dualism (like cognitivism) because there are many emergent ways in which things are defined or constituted as useful in different situations. A common theme uniting many pragmatism approaches to cognition is a shift in the way the person/environment relationship is conceived. Rather than a person being "in" an environment the activities of person and environment are viewed as parts of a mutually-constructed whole. Put simply, the inside/outside relationship between person and environment is replaced by a part/whole relationship. Viewed in this way, cognition is no longer a mirror of world but part of a natural process involving evolutionarily successful habits and capabilities. Cognition and world are mutually shaping.
其他摘要：This paper discusses pragmatics fundamentals and assumptions often used for the understanding cognitive phenomena. Discussing the concepts of self, mind, world and truth in the pragmatism, the theoretical-epistemological marks of cognitive sciences, it points out implications of such concepts according to a pragmatic knowledge theory. A pragmatism approach can be seen as a species of pluralism rather than a monism or a dualism (like cognitivism) because there are many emergent ways in which things are defined or constituted as useful in different situations. A common theme uniting many pragmatism approaches to cognition is a shift in the way the person/environment relationship is conceived. Rather than a person being "in" an environment the activities of person and environment are viewed as parts of a mutually-constructed whole. Put simply, the inside/outside relationship between person and environment is replaced by a part/whole relationship. Viewed in this way, cognition is no longer a mirror of world but part of a natural process involving evolutionarily successful habits and capabilities. Cognition and world are mutually shaping.
关键词：Cognitive sciences;pragmatism;knowledge theory;Filosofia da Mente;Teoria do conhecimento;epistemologia;filosofia contemporanea
其他关键词：Cognitive Sciences; Philosophy;Cognitive sciences; pragmatism; knowledge theory
