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Robert K Logan
Neo-dualism and the bifurcation of the symbolosphere into the mediasphere and the human mind
An extension is made of the neo-dualist model of Logan and Schumann (2005) where a distinction is made between the symbolosphere, which includes the human mind and all its thoughts and communication processes such as language and the physiosphere, which is simply the physical world and includes the human brain. The notion that the symbolosphere can be thought of as consisting of two separate subdomains, the Mind, and the mediasphere is examined. The first non-physical subdomain, Mind, consists of the human mind and its abstract symbolic thoughts, language, culture, concepts, and memes. The second subdomain consists of the products of the human mind instantiated in the physiosphere, which we define as the mediasphere. Examples of the mediasphere in the domains of science, mathematics, technology, music, and the fine arts are made. A correspondence of this approach with Popper's notion of three worlds is made.
Semiotica, Walter de Gruyter
Print ISSN: 0037-1998
Volume: 2006, 06/2006
Pages: 229 - 242