Semiotics and cognitive neuroscience - Edna Andrews

Can meaning exist within a single mind? Juri Lotman argued it cannot—that consciousness and language are collective phenomena, born from the semiosphere we all inhabit. In this inaugural Lotman Lecture, cognitive neuroscientist and semiotician Edna Andrews carries that insight into the brain itself, where meaning-making refuses to sit in any tidy location. A student of Thomas Sebeok, a founder of biosemiotics, Andrews bridges Tartu's semiotic tradition with fMRI, aphasia, and multilingualism. Her message is quietly radical: we are not isolated processors but living cultural texts, endlessly translating ourselves. Language, like life, is something we do together—and never finish learning. 0:00 Introduction by Kalevi Kull 3:14 Edna Andrews - Original video footage from: https://uttv.ee/naita?id=20981&keel=e...