Sensory Perceptions in Language, Embodiment and Epistemology

The book illustrates how the human ability to adapt to the environment and interact with it can explain our linguistic representation of the world as constrained by our bodies and sensory perception. The different chapters discuss philosophical, scientifi

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Annalisa Baicchi · Rémi Digonnet Jodi L. Sandford Editors

Sensory Perceptions in Language, Embodiment and Epistemology

Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics Volume 42

Series editor Lorenzo Magnani, Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy e-mail: [email protected] Editorial Board Atocha Aliseda Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico Giuseppe Longo Centre Cavaillès, CNRS—Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France Chris Sinha School of Foreign Languages, Hunan University, Changsha, P.R. China Paul Thagard University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada John Woods University of British Columbia, Canada

Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics (SAPERE) publishes new developments and advances in all the fields of philosophy, epistemology, and ethics, bringing them together with a cluster of scientific disciplines and technological outcomes: from computer science to life sciences, from economics, law, and education to engineering, logic, and mathematics, from medicine to physics, human sciences, and politics. It aims at covering all the challenging philosophical and ethical themes of contemporary society, making them appropriately applicable to contemporary theoretical, methodological, and practical problems, impasses, controversies, and conflicts. The series includes monographs, lecture notes, selected contributions from specialized conferences and workshops as well as selected Ph.D. theses. Advisory Board A. Abe, Chiba, Japan H. Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark O. Bueno, Coral Gables, USA S. Chandrasekharan, Mumbai, India M. Dascal, Tel Aviv, Israel G. D. Crnkovic, Göteborg, Sweden M. Ghins, Lovain-la-Neuve, Belgium M. Guarini, Windsor, Canada R. Gudwin, Campinas, Brazil A. Heeffer, Ghent, Belgium M. Hildebrandt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands K. E. Himma, Seattle, USA M. Hoffmann, Atlanta, USA P. Li, Guangzhou, P.R. China G. Minnameier, Frankfurt, Germany M. Morrison, Toronto, Canada Y. Ohsawa, Tokyo, Japan S. Paavola, Helsinki, Finland W. Park, Daejeon, South Korea

A. Pereira, São Paulo, Brazil L. M. Pereira, Caparica, Portugal A.-V. Pietarinen, Helsinki, Finland D. Portides, Nicosia, Cyprus D. Provijn, Ghent, Belgium J. Queiroz, Juiz de Fora, Brazil A. Raftopoulos, Nicosia, Cyprus C. Sakama, Wakayama, Japan C. Schmidt, Le Mans, France G. Schurz, Dusseldorf, Germany N. Schwartz, Buenos Aires, Argentina C. Shelley, Waterloo, Canada F. Stjernfelt, Aarhus, Denmark M. Suarez, Madrid, Spain J. van den Hoven, Delft, The Netherlands P.-P. Verbeek, Enschede, The Netherlands R. Viale, Milan, Italy M. Vorms, Paris, France

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Editors Annalisa Baicchi Sezione di Linguistica Teorica e Applicata, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici University of Pavia Pavia Italy

Jodi L. Sandford Dipartimento di Lettere - Lingue, Letterature e Civiltà Anti