The “Verstehen” and the Meaning of Meaning: for a Sociology between the Cognitive Sciences

Abstract

The topics I deal with concern the science of symbolism (on which I think it is useful to return to in terms of cognitive science), which studying the influences of language on thought (the meaning of meaning), and the question the issue of the hermeneutic circle (language/symbols; thought/mind/brain; mental, physical, chemical, biological, social, computer/telematic references) initially developed, in sociology (Verstehen), but in a very reductionist way, by Max Weber.