Piotr Konderak
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Piotr Konderak’s research lies at the fertile intersection of cognitive science, semiotics, and developmental psychology, where he investigates how meaning-making emerges and evolves. His most influential work, *Mind, Cognition, Semiosis: Ways to Cognitive Semiotics* (2018, 16 citations), tackles foundational questions: How do new domains of meaning arise during child development? What role does consciousness play in this process? Konderak systematically distinguishes between different forms of sense-making—from pointing and pantomime to full linguistic utterances—and explores whether non-human animals like great apes and dogs are capable of genuine meaning-making. By bridging Peircean semiotics with contemporary cognitive science, he offers a rigorous framework for understanding the semiotic capacities that underpin human cognition. His contributions have shaped debates on the continuity between human and animal minds, and his work continues to influence researchers in cognitive semiotics, philosophy of mind, and developmental psychology. Konderak’s scholarship is essential reading for anyone interested in how living systems create, share, and transform meaning.
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- 1Mind, Cognition, Semiosis: Ways to Cognitive Semiotics16 citations · 2018