Descripción del proyecto
El concepto de «mente» de los mongoles puede enriquecer la cultura
¿Qué es la mente? Se trata de una palabra de uso común en el lenguaje cotidiano, que se refiere a la categoría universal del pensamiento humano. También es un término técnico ampliamente utilizado en varias subdisciplinas de las ciencias cognitivas. Aparte de eso, se dispone de pocos datos transculturales sistemáticos no ingleses sobre el propio concepto de «mente» o sobre cómo se categoriza y organiza la esfera mental. El equipo del proyecto WILDMINDS, financiado con fondos europeos, toma el modelo cultural mongol de la mente y lo compara con el modelo dominante basado en la lengua inglesa, para investigar cómo los mongoles atribuyen las mentes a agentes humanos y no humanos. Por último, en el proyecto se desarrollará un marco para conectar los modelos culturales con la teoría popular de la mente.
Objetivo
"The term “mind” is as much an everyday word in English language as it is a technical term widely used across various sub-disciplines in the cognitive sciences. And it is not uncommon to see the English-based understanding of mind as representing a universal category of human thought. No doubt, our basic ability to understand various mental states that we attribute to others and to ourselves is crucial for our social life. This has been acknowledged by the Theory of Mind (ToM) research tradition, and more recently by mind perception research. Still, the English term ""mind"" has remained a starting conceptual point for studying the folk theory of mind as universal. This state of affairs is problematic since there is little systematic non-English cross-cultural data about the very concept of “mind” or how the mental sphere is categorized and organized. This is especially noteworthy given the fact that many languages do not even have an equivalent lexical expression of English “mind”– it might as well be a culture-specific concept, infused with specific semantic connotations. Thus, this project will (1) bring a richer cultural perspective to the study of the folk concept of mind by investigating in-depth Mongolian cultural model of mind and comparing it to the dominant English-language based model of mind; and will (2) investigate how Mongolians attribute minds to human and non-human agents. Finally, the project will (3) develop a framework to connect “culture” as cultural models (of mind) with the postulated universal cognitive features of folk theory of mind."
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Convocatoria de propuestas
(se abrirá en una nueva ventana) HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF -Coordinador
8000 Aarhus C
Dinamarca