?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Toward+a+Bio-Cognitive+Philosophy+of+Language&rft.creator=Kravchenko%2C+Prof.+A.V.&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=It+is+argued+that+the+theoretical+and+conceptual+tangle+in+which+linguistics+finds+itself+at+the+turn+of+the+century%2C+is+rooted+in+the+methodological+inadequacies+of+traditional+(Cartesian)+philosophy.+A+holistic+approach%2C+sustained+by+the+accumulated+empirical+evidence+and+supported+by+the+new+epistemology+of+autopoiesis%2C+is+proposed%2C+whereby+language+is+viewed+as+adaptive+functional+activity+based+on+an+organism%E2%80%99s+experience+of+the+environment+to+which+the+organism+stands+in+a+relation+of+mutual+causality.&rft.contributor=N%C3%B8klestad%2C+Dr.+Kristine&rft.contributor=Gutmann%2C+Dr.+Peter&rft.date=2002-03&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4002%2F1%2FCogphilosophy_Language.html%2521&rft.identifier=++Kravchenko%2C+Prof.+A.V.++(2002)+Toward+a+Bio-Cognitive+Philosophy+of+Language.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4002%2F