Coherence / T. Givón.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Coherence, connectivity and the fitting together of smaller parts into larger structures are the hallmark of complex biologically-based organized systems. As an internal constraint, coherence allows the parts to work together as a whole. As an external constraint, it lets systems evolve and adapt to novel contexts. As a constraint on information processing, it makes new knowledge accessible to the evolving, maturing, learning mind-brain. As a constraint on cultures, it enables social groups to cooperate. And as a constraint on communication, it allows the language and mind of speakers be accessible to hearers. In this inspiring monograph Givón explores the coherence of biological organisms, the structural and functional coherence of the complex human mind-brain, the evolution of complex social organization and cultures, the coherence of language and communication, as well as relevant offshoots of cognition, socio-culture and communication"-- Provided by publisher.

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Intro -- Coherence -- Title page -- Editorial page -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Complexity and coherence in biological design:: An evolutionary-developmental account -- 2.1 Systems: Complexity, hierarchy and coherence -- 2.1.1 Networks of matching structures and functions -- 2.1.2 Complexity and hierarchic structure -- 2.1.3 Is pre-biological complex organization the same? -- 2.2 The rise of complex coherence in biological design -- 2.2.1 From parasitic bacteria to symbiotic organelles in the protozoan cell

2.2.2 From protozoa to metazoa: The rise of multi-cellular organisms -- 2.3 Intermezzo: Spatio-temporal experience and the advent of dimensions -- 2.3.1 Preliminaries -- 2.3.2 Experience in a one-dimensional universe of linear time -- 2.3.3 Experience in a universe of time plus one spatial dimension: Early upright organisms -- 2.3.4 Motion and the advent of a three-dimensional universe -- 2.3.5 Purposive motion and the advent of agency -- 2.4 From early multi-cell simplicity to tissues, organs and system complexity -- 2.5 Body design, molecular classification and evolutionary hierarchies

2.6 Final reflections -- 2.6.1 Coherence and context in biological design -- 2.6.1.1 Internal coherence -- 2.6.1.2 External coherence -- 2.6.2 The seesaw of size aggregation -- Chapter 3. Complexity, hierarchy and coherence in neuro-cognition -- 3.1 Recapitulation -- 3.2 The primate brain -- 3.2.1 General architecture: The three brains -- 3.2.2 Perception, cognition and coherence control -- 3.3 General architecture: Periphery to core -- and back -- 3.4 Three function-specific cortical networks -- 3.4.1 The visual information network -- 3.4.2 The attentional network

3.4.3 The working memory network -- 3.4.4 What of language? -- 3.5 Other major mental representational systems -- 3.5.1 Overview -- 3.5.2 Long-term semantic memory -- 3.5.3 Episodic and/or 'declarative' memory -- 3.5.4 Attention and working memory -- 3.6 Attended vs. automated processing -- 3.7 Automaticity, complexity, hierarchy and coherence -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 4. Cultural coherence:: The Society of Intimates -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 The social context of inter-personal cooperation and communication -- 4.1.2 Rational choice vs. implicit conventions -- 4.2 The Society of Intimates

4.2.1 Preliminaries -- 4.2.2 General characteristics -- 4.3 Kinship-based cooperation: The Trobriand case -- 4.3.1 Land ownership, land-use and residence -- 4.3.2 Kinship and marriage -- 4.3.3 The life-cycle of cooperation -- 4.3.4 Kinship and reciprocity -- 4.3.5 The adaptive logic of the Trobriand yam exchange -- 4.4 Reciprocity and kinship hierarchies: Ute -- 4.5 Dealing with strangers -- 4.5.1 Estrangement and de-alienation: The Western Apache -- 4.5.2 Other contexts of de-alienation -- 4.6 Mitigating the hazards of communication -- 4.6.1 Preamble

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