Marcelo Dascal †

List of John Benjamins publications in which Marcelo Dascal † is involved.

Book series

Ethics and Interdisciplinarity

Edited by Giovanni Scarafile

ISSN 1574-1583

General Editor: Achim Eschbach

ISSN 0168-2555

Journal

Edited by Elly Ifantidou and Louis de Saussure

ISSN 0929-0907 | E‑ISSN 1569‑9943

Titles (12) | Order by:

Edited by David R. Olson and Marcelo Dascal †

Special issue of Pragmatics & Cognition 21:3 (2013) v, 148 pp.

Culture – Language – Cognition

Edited by Marcelo Dascal †

Special issue of Pragmatics & Cognition 20:2 (2012) vi, 198 pp.

Controversies Within the Scientific Revolution

Edited by Marcelo Dascal † and Victor D. Boantza

From the beginning of the Scientific Revolution around the late sixteenth century to its final crystallization in the early eighteenth century, hardly an observational result, an experimental technique, a theory, a mathematical proof, a methodological principle, or the award of recognition and… read more

[Controversies, 11] 2011. vi, 287 pp.

The Emergence of Consciousness: A top-down, social phenomenon?

Edited by Jonathan Cole and Marcelo Dascal †

Special issue of Pragmatics & Cognition 18:3 (2010) vi, 148 pp.

The Practice of Reason: Leibniz and his Controversies

Edited by Marcelo Dascal †

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) dedicated much of his life to some of the most central debates of his time. For him, our chance of progress towards the happiness of mankind lies in the capacity to recognize the value of the different perspectives through which humans approach the world.… read more

[Controversies, 7] 2010. xvi, 359 pp.

Traditions of Controversy

Edited by Marcelo Dascal † and Han-liang Chang

Controversies may be particularly prominent in one or another culture. Yet, there is hardly any culture where they do not exist. This book assumes that the practice of controversy, along with its theorization, constitutes – in each of the cultures and disciplines where it develops – a tradition.… read more

[Controversies, 4] 2007. xvi, 310 pp.

Controversies and Subjectivity

Edited by Pierluigi Barrotta and Marcelo Dascal †

This collective volume focuses on two closely connected issues whose common denominator is the embattled notion of the subject. The first concerns the controversies on the nature of the subject and related notions, such as the concepts of ‘I’ and ‘self’. From both theoretical and historical… read more

[Controversies, 1] 2005. x, 411 pp.

Interpretation and Understanding

Marcelo Dascal †

Our species has been hunting for meaning ever since we departed from our cousins in the evolutionary tree. We developed sophisticated forms of communication. Yet, as much as they can convey meaning and foster understanding, they can also hide meaning and prevent comprehension. Indeed, we can never… read more

[Not in series, 120] 2003. xxii, 714 pp.

Negotiation and Power in Dialogic Interaction

Edited by Edda Weigand and Marcelo Dascal †

The topic of negotiation has turned out to be of crucial interdisciplinary interest for our understanding of what we are doing in language use. Are we exchanging meanings defined in advance and presupposing equal understanding on the basis of a rule-governed system, or are we negotiating meaning… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 214] 2001. viii, 294 pp.

Leibniz. Language, Signs and Thought: A collection of essays

Marcelo Dascal †

Why was Leibniz so deeply interested in signs and language? What role does this interest play in his philosophical system? In the essays here collected, Marcello Dascal attempts to tackle these questions from different angles. They bring to light aspects of Leibniz’s work on these and related… read more

[Foundations of Semiotics, 10] 1987. xi, 203 pp.

Dialogue: An interdisciplinary approach

Edited by Marcelo Dascal †

Dialogue: An interdisciplinary approach is a pioneering collection of papers that take Dialogue Studies out of its ‘classic’ narrow definition into the study of the complexities and processes in dialogue. It is a first move toward interdisciplinary research in Dialogue Studies. read more

[Pragmatics & Beyond Companion Series, 1] 1985. xiv, 473 pp.

Pragmatics and the Philosophy of Mind: Vol. I: Thought in Language

Marcelo Dascal †

This volume deals with the relation between pragmatics and the philosophy of mind. Unlike most of the books written on the subject, it does not defend the view that a specific form of dependence holds between language and thought, to the exclusion of all other possible relations. Taking pragmatics… read more

[Pragmatics & Beyond, IV:1] 1983. xii, 207 pp.

Articles (29) | Order by:

Olson, David R. and Marcelo Dascal † 2013 Writing and the mind Writing and the Mind, Olson, David R. and Marcelo Dascal † (eds.), pp. 425–430 | Article

Dascal, Marcelo † 2012 Introduction Culture – Language – Cognition, Dascal, Marcelo † (ed.), pp. 233–240 | Article

Cole, Jonathan, Marcelo Dascal †, Shaun Gallagher and Christopher Frith 2010 Concluding discussion The Emergence of Consciousness: A top-down, social phenomenon?, Cole, Jonathan and Marcelo Dascal † (eds.), pp. 553–559 | Article

Dascal, Marcelo † 2010 Why yet another debate on consciousness? The Emergence of Consciousness: A top-down, social phenomenon?, Cole, Jonathan and Marcelo Dascal † (eds.), pp. 473–480 | Article

Dascal, Marcelo † and Erez Firt 2010 6. Leibniz’s conciliatory approaches in scientific controversies The Practice of Reason: Leibniz and his Controversies, Dascal, Marcelo † (ed.), pp. 137–167 | Article

Dascal, Marcelo † 2009 Mental diversity and unity: A pragmatic approach to the debate Pragmatics & Cognition 17:2, pp. 403–420 | Article

Geoffrey Lloyd, in his book Cognitive Variations (2007), addresses the puzzle of cognitive diversity vs. cognitive unity of our mental life by analyzing a number of debates related to it. Accounting for the fact that human mental life across cultures both shares many of its fundamental features… read more

Dascal, Marcelo † 2008 Dichotomies and types of debate Controversy and Confrontation: Relating controversy analysis with argumentation theory, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Bart Garssen (eds.), pp. 27–49 | Article

Dascal, Marcelo † 2007 Traditions of controversy and conflict resolution: Can past approaches help to solve present conflicts? Traditions of Controversy, Dascal, Marcelo † and Han-liang Chang (eds.), pp. 281–295 | Article

Dascal, Marcelo † and Han-liang Chang 2007 Crossing borderlines: Traditions, disciplines, and controversies Traditions of Controversy, Dascal, Marcelo † and Han-liang Chang (eds.), pp. ix–xvi | Miscellaneous

Dascal, Marcelo † 2005 1. Debating with myself and debating with others Controversies and Subjectivity, Barrotta, Pierluigi and Marcelo Dascal † (eds.), pp. 33–73 | Chapter

Dascal, Marcelo † and Itiel E. Dror 2005 The impact of cognitive technologies: Towards a pragmatic approach Cognitive Technologies and the Pragmatics of Cognition, Dror, Itiel E. (ed.), pp. 451–457 | Article

Dascal, Marcelo † 2004 Language as a cognitive technology Cognition and Technology: Co-existence, convergence and co-evolution, Gorayska, Barbara and Jacob L. Mey (eds.), pp. 37–62 | Article

Dascal, Marcelo † 2003 On the epistemological role of natural languages according to Leibniz Historiographia Linguistica 30:1/2, pp. 187–204 | To be specified

Dascal, Marcelo † 2002 Language as a cognitive technology International Journal of Cognition and Technology 1:1, pp. 35–61 | Article

Ever since Descartes singled out the ability to use natural language appropriately in any given circumstance as the proof that humans — unlike animals and machines — have minds, an idea that Turing transformed into his well-known test to determine whether machines have intelligence, the close… read more

Dascal, Marcelo † 2001 Reputation and refutation: Negotiating merit Negotiation and Power in Dialogic Interaction, Weigand, Edda and Marcelo Dascal † (eds.), pp. 3–17 | Article

Reputation, reputation, reputation! O! I have lost my reputation, I have lost the immortal part of myself, And what remains is bestial. (Shakespeare, Othello) A name made great is a name destroyed. (Hillel the Sage) D’abord les ouvrages donnent de la réputation à l’ouvrier,… read more

Weigand, Edda and Marcelo Dascal † 2001 Foreword Negotiation and Power in Dialogic Interaction, Weigand, Edda and Marcelo Dascal † (eds.), pp. vii–viii | Foreword

Dascal, Marcelo † 1996 About this issue Ecological Validity in Pragmatic Research, Cicourel, Aaron V. and Albert N. Katz, p. | Miscellaneous

Dascal, Marcelo † 1996 Editor's Introduction On Language and Consciousness, Jackendoff, Ray and Wallace Chafe, pp. vii–viii | Miscellaneous

Dascal, Marcelo † 1995 Cognitive science in the philosopher's mill Pragmatics & Cognition 3:1, pp. 133–145 | Article

Dascal, Marcelo † 1993 Introducing Pragmatics & Cognition Pragmatics & Cognition 1:1, pp. v–vi | Miscellaneous

Dascal, Marcelo † 1992 On the Pragmatic Structure of Conversation (On) Searle on Conversation: Compiled and introduced by Herman Parret and Jef Verschueren, Searle, John R., Herman Parret and Jef Verschueren, pp. 35–90 | Article

Dascal, Marcelo † 1992 Models of Interpretation Current Advances in Semantic Theory, Stamenov, Maxim I. (ed.), pp. 109–128 | Article

Dascal, Marcelo † 1990 Leibniz on Particles: Linguistic form and comparatism Leibniz, Humboldt, and the Origins of Comparativism: Proceedings of the international conference, Rome, 25–28 September 1986, De Mauro, Tullio † and Lia Formigari (eds.), pp. 31–60 | Article

Katriel, Tamar and Marcelo Dascal † 1989 Speaker’s of commitment and involvement in discourse From Sign to Text: A semiotic view of communication, Tobin, Yishai (ed.), pp. 275–296 | Article

Dascal, Marcelo † and Elda Weizman 1987 3. Contextual exploitation of interpretation clues in text understanding: An integrated model The Pragmatic Perspective: Selected papers from the 1985 International Pragmatics Conference, Verschueren, Jef and Marcella Bertuccelli Papi (eds.), pp. 31–46 | Chapter

Dascal, Marcelo † 1985 29. The relevance of misunderstanding Dialogue: An interdisciplinary approach, Dascal, Marcelo † (ed.), pp. 441–460 | Chapter

Dascal, Marcelo † 1983 Signs and Cognitive Processes: Notes for a Chapter in the History of Semiotics History of Semiotics, Eschbach, Achim and Jürgen Trabant (eds.), pp. 169–190 | Article

Dascal, Marcelo † 1981 Contextualism Possibilities and Limitations of Pragmatics: Proceedings of the Conference on Pragmatics, Urbino, July 8–14, 1979, Parret, Herman, Marina Sbisà and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 153–178 | Article

Dascal, Marcelo † 1975 Leibniz als Sprachforscher. By Sigrid (Hedwig Helene, Gräfin) von der Schulenburg Historiographia Linguistica 2:3, pp. 389–401 | Review