TY - JOUR A1 - Ackermann, Judith A1 - Egger, Benjamin A1 - Scharlach, Rebecca T1 - Programming the postdigital : curation of appropriation processes in (collaborative) creative coding spaces JF - Postdigital Science and Education N2 - Creative coding is a form of postdigital art that uses programming to solve esthetical problems, subordinating functionality to expression. It often comes with rather uncommon usage patterns of coding, going beyond technologies' affordances and finding ways of appropriating them in an individual way and in exchange with others. The learning ecologies GitHub, Stack Overflow, and Pouët present digital infrastructures that curate and support such appropriation-related activities. The paper presents a qualitative analysis of the structure of these spaces, and the appropriation-related communication taking place. It shows how crucial the varying designs of the learning ecologies and the implemented interaction possibilities are for the appropriation activities taking place and draws a line to the desire for stronger participation in postdigital curation. KW - Postdigital KW - Codierung KW - Lernumwelt KW - Appropriation Art KW - Kunst Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-019-00088-1 SN - 2524-4868 VL - 2 SP - 416 EP - 441 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ambrasat, Jens A1 - von Scheve, Christian A1 - Schauenburg, Gesche A1 - Conrad, Markus A1 - Schröder, Tobias T1 - Unpacking the Habitus BT - Meaning Making Across Lifestyles JF - Sociological Forum N2 - The concept of habitus refers to socially stratified patterns of perception, classification, and thinking that are supposed to bring about specific lifestyles. Until now, research on the links between stratification and lifestyles has accounted for the habitus mainly in conceptual and theoretical terms, and studies directly measuring habitus and its association with stratification and lifestyles are rare. The present study conceptualizes the habitus as an individual-level pattern of meaning making and suggests an operationalization that is commonly used in identity research. Using survey data of 3,438 respondents, the study investigates associations between different lifestyles and patterns of meaning making. Results show, first, that self-related meanings vary systematically across lifestyle categories and mirror respondents' stratification position. Second, the meanings of various social concepts also vary significantly across lifestyle categories and partly reflect descriptive lifestyle characteristics. In sum, the study presents a plausible operationalization of (parts of) the habitus and advances our understanding of its mediating position between stratification and lifestyles. KW - Habitus KW - Studie KW - Lebensstil KW - Soziale Schichtung Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/socf.12293 SN - 1573-7861 VL - 31 IS - 4 SP - 994 EP - 1017 PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bendau, Antonia A1 - Michnevich, Twyla A1 - Petzold, Moritz B. A1 - Piest, Andrea A1 - Schmolke, Rüdiger A1 - Jakobson, Daniel A1 - Ahrend, Katharin A1 - Reitz, Thale A1 - Roediger, Lukas A1 - Betzler, Felix T1 - Spiking Versus Speculation? Perceived Prevalence, Probability, and Fear of Drink and Needle Spiking JF - Journal of Drug Issues N2 - Contrasting widespread speculation in the media and public debate about spiking (administration of a substance to a person without their knowledge/consent), empirical evidence on the subject is lacking. This study aimed to investigate the assumed prevalence, perceived likelihood, and fear of drink-versus needle-spiking, and associated mental strain. Data from a cross-sectional online-survey (November 2022 – January 2023) of 1916 adults connected to Berlin’s nightlife-scene were analyzed. Almost a quarter reported having experienced drink-spiking, but only a small fraction sought medical or police attention; about 1% suspected needle-spiking. Presumptive victims of drink-spiking rated the likelihood and fear of spiking significantly higher and exhibited more symptoms of depression and anxiety. Considering toxicological and police findings, the reported prevalence and perceived likelihood of spiking seem to be highly overestimated. This, in conjunction with associated mental strain, highlights the importance of adequately addressing the issue of spiking through psychoeducation, prevention, and interprofessional investigation. KW - Nadelstechen KW - Tropfen KW - Nadel KW - Injektionsspritze KW - Rauschgift KW - Panik KW - K.O.-Tropfen Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/00220426231197826 SN - 0022-0426 SN - 1945-1369 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - Sage Publications CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Benecke, Cord A1 - Huber, Dorothea A1 - Staats, Hermann A1 - Zimmermann, Johannes A1 - Henkel, Miriam A1 - Deserno, Heinrich A1 - Wiegand-Grefe, Silke A1 - Schauenburg, Henning T1 - A Comparison of Psychoanalytic Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety (Panic/Agoraphobia) and Personality Disorders (APD Study) BT - Presentation of the RCT Study Design JF - Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie N2 - Angststörungen, insbesondere Panikstörungen und Agoraphobie, sind weitverbreitete psychische Störungen, die eine hohe Komorbidität mit Persönlichkeitsstörungen aufweisen. Randomisierte kontrollierte Studien, die sich mit dieser sehr relevanten Gruppe von Patienten befassen, fehlen bisher. Die multizentrisch durchgeführte Studie zu Angst- und Persönlichkeitsstörungen (APS) untersucht 200 Patienten mit Panikstörung und/oder Agoraphobie mit komorbiden Persönlichkeitsstörungen in einer randomisierten, kontrollierten Vergleichsstudie zwischen Analytischer Psychotherapie (psychoanalytic therapy, PT) und Kognitiver Verhaltenstherapie (cognitive behavioral therapy, CBT), wobei jede Gruppe 100 Patienten enthält. Jeder Patient wird über einen Zeitraum von sechs Jahren untersucht, unabhängig von der Dauer der individuellen Behandlung. Die wesentlichen Fragestellungen dieser Studie beziehen sich auf den Vergleich der Effektivität von PT und CBT in dieser speziellen Patientenpopulation, auf den Vergleich der Nachhaltigkeit der Effekte von PT und CBT, den Vergleich der langfristigen Kosten-Nutzen-Relation von PT und CBT, sowie die Untersuchung von prädiktiven Patientenmerkmalen für individuelle Therapieempfehlungen (Differenzielle Indikationsstellung). Die APS-Studie vergleicht Effektivität, Nachhaltigkeit und Kosten-Nutzen-Relation von PT und CBT für Angst- plus Persönlichkeitsstörungen in einem randomisierten, kontrollierten Design. Das Studiendesign erfüllt damit die Anforderungen an eine Effektivitätsstudie für PT, die unlängst definiert wurden. KW - Psychotherapie KW - Psychoanalyse KW - Kognitive Verhaltenstherapie KW - Angst Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.13109/zptm.2016.62.3.252 SN - 1438-3608 VL - 62 IS - 3 SP - 252 EP - 269 PB - Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht CY - Göttingen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bergold, Jarg A1 - Thomas, Stefan T1 - Participatory research methods BT - a methodological approach in motion JF - Historical Social Research N2 - This article serves as an introduction to the FQS special issue 'Participatory Qualitative Research'. In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in participatory research strategies. The articles in this special issue come from different disciplines. Against the background of concrete empirical research projects, they address numerous conceptual considerations and methodological approaches. After reading the contributions, and engaging with the authors' arguments, the authors were prompted to focus in particular on those areas in which further work needs to be done. They include, on the one hand, fundamental principles of participatory research, such as democratic-theory considerations, the concept of 'safe space', participation issues, and ethical questions. And, on the other hand, the authors focus an practical research considerations regarding the rote and tasks of the various participants; specific methodological approaches; and quality criteria - understood here in the sense of arguments justifying a participatory approach. The authors' aim is to stimulate a broad discussion that does not focus only on participatory research in the narrower sense. Because participatory methodology poses certain knowledge- and research-related questions in a radical way, it has the potential to draw attention to hitherto neglected areas in qualitative methodology and to stimulate their further development. KW - Studienordnung KW - Norm KW - Gruppeninterview KW - Partizipation KW - Interview KW - Unterprivilegierung KW - Forschungsmethode KW - Participatory Research Methods Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-383834 SN - 0172-6404 VL - 37 IS - 4 SP - 191 EP - 222 PB - GESIS CY - Mannheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Colle, Livia A1 - Große, Gerlind A1 - Behne, Tanya A1 - Tomasello, Michael T1 - Just teasing! - Infants' and toddlers' understanding of teasing interactions and its effect on social bonding JF - Cognition N2 - The current study investigates infants' and toddlers' understanding of teasing interactions and its effect on subsequent social interactions. Teasing is a special kind of social interaction due to its dual nature: It consists of a slightly provocative contingent action accompanied by positive ostensive emotional cues. Teasing thus presents an especially interesting test case to inform us about young children's abilities to deal with complex social intentions. In a first experiment, we looked at 9-, 12-, and 18-month-old infants' ability to understand and differentiate a teasing intention from a trying intention and a refuse intention. We found that by 12 months of age, infants react differently (gaze, reach) and by 18 months they smile more in reaction to the Tease condition. In the second experiment, we tested 13-, 20- and 30-month-old children in closely matched purely playful and teasing situations. We also investigated potential social effects of teasing interactions on a subsequent affiliation sequence. Twenty- and 30-month-old children smile more in the Teasing than in the Play condition. For the 30-month-old toddlers, additionally, number of laughs is much higher in the Tease than in the Play condition. No effect on affiliation could be found. Thus, from very early in development, infants and toddlers are able to differentiate teasing from superficially similar but serious behavior and from around 18 months of age they enjoy it more. Infants and toddlers are able to process a complex social intention like teasing. Findings are discussed regarding infant and toddler intention understanding abilities. KW - Säugling KW - Kind KW - Spott KW - Soziale Bindung Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105314 SN - 1873-7838 IS - 231 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dametto, Diego A1 - Michelini, Gabriela A1 - Higi, Leonard A1 - Schröder, Tobias A1 - Klaperski, Daniel A1 - Popiolek, Roy A1 - Tauch, Anne A1 - Michel, Antje T1 - Developing a stakeholder-centric simulation tool to support integrated mobility planning T2 - Advances in Social Simulation N2 - Simulation tools aimed at enhancing cross-sectoral cooperation can support the transition from a traditional transport planning approach based on predictions towards more integrated and participatory urban mobility planning. This shift entails a broader appraisal of urban dynamics and transformations in the policy framework, capitalizing on new developments in urban modelling. In this paper, we argue that participatory social simulation can be used to solve these emerging challenges in mobility planning. We identify the functionalities that such a tool should have when supporting integrated mobility planning. Drawing on a transdisciplinary case study situated in Potsdam, Germany, we address through interviews and workshops stakeholders’ needs and expectations and present the requirements of an actionable tool for practitioners. As a result, we present three main challenges for participatory, simulation-based transport planning, including: (1) enhancement of the visioning process by testing stakeholders’ ideas under different scenarios and conditions to visualise complex urban relationships; (2) promotion of collective exchange as means to support stakeholder communication; and (3) credibility increase by early stakeholder engagement with model development. We discuss how our participatory modelling approach helps us to better understand the gaps in the knowledge of the planning process and present the coming steps of the project. KW - Mobilität 4.0 KW - Computersimulation KW - Transportplanung Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-3-030-92843-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92843-8_6 SN - 2213-8692 SP - 65 EP - 78 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dametto, Diego A1 - Vieira, Luc A1 - Schröder, Tobias A1 - Blaison, Christophe T1 - Charlemagne’s Legacy BT - A Consensus Analysis of Affective Meanings in French and German Culture JF - Social Psychology Quarterly N2 - We investigate between- and within-country consensus about affective meanings of social identities along the evaluation, potency, and activity dimensions from the affect control theory research tradition. Ratings for 387 (194 male and 193 female) identities were collected from two samples representative of the French (N = 700) and German (N = 700) populations for age, gender, and region. Guided by two preregistered hypotheses based on previous cross-cultural research, our analysis points to considerable cultural consensus between French and Germans who seem to share a common “Carolingian” affective culture; yet some culture-specific patterns concerning the evaluation dimension and evaluation-potency interactions were found to be statistically significant. We interpret these results in terms of known cross-cultural features such as power distance and conceptions of power. KW - Karlssage KW - Semasiologie Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/01902725231205855 SN - 0190-2725 SN - 1939-8999 PB - Sage Publications CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dewitz, Leyla A1 - Ackermann, Judith T1 - Anxiety-Related Content on Instagram and Twitter: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Mental Health Communication and Information Sharing N2 - Approximately four percent of the world’s population suffers from anxiety disorders. This makes anxiety disorders one of the most common mental illnesses and a significant global health concern. As social media is a primary source of health information and communication, this study aims at investigating how the hashtag #anxiety is used on Twitter and Instagram. The hashtag #anxiety was chosen because it is commonly used by the social media community to post or tweet about anxiety disorders, such as social anxiety, thus providing broad access to the data. We followed a quantitative approach and gathered open data from December 24th, 2019 to January 1st, 2020. Furthermore, we used a qualitative content analysis to detect topics and patterns within the data. Coding focused on identifying goals, motivations, and feelings concerning anxiety (disorders) and information sharing. Findings show that content and appearance of posts are strongly shaped by characteristics of the platforms. Additionally, the results unveil that both platforms serve as mediua for sharing information regarding mental health matters, such as personal experiences, challenges, and coping strategies, thereby cultivating a sense of community and support among users dealing with comparable issues. Twitter predominantly functions for real-time updates, in-situ interactions, and emergency communication, while Instagram's visual nature appears to offer a venue for creative expression through images and captions, illuminating the emotional and personal narratives of mental health journeys. T2 - Angst-bezogene Inhalte auf Instagram und Twitter: Eine Mixed-Methods-Analyse der Kommunikation und des Informationsaustauschs im Bereich psychische Gesundheit KW - Health Information Sharing KW - Psychische Gesundheit KW - Angststörung KW - Gesundheitskommunikation KW - Social Media KW - Instagram KW - Twitter KW - Benutzerverhalten KW - Health Communication KW - Mental Health KW - Anxiety Disorder KW - Social Anxiety Disorder Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:525-32201 SP - 1 EP - 28 CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Egger, Benjamin A1 - Ackermann, Judith T1 - Meta-curating : online exhibitions questioning curatorial practices in the postdigital age JF - International Journal for Digital Art History N2 - Curatorial activities provide (infra)structure and meaning to artworks through the selection and combination of different pieces and their public display. Therefore the way context is added shapes people’s perspective towards art. (Post-)digital art and online exhibitions come with specific constraints concerning curation and have a potential to overcome the hierarchies between curators, artists and visitors. In discussing selected digital exhibition formats from the 1990s until today, the article illustrates how the genre has evolved in response to technological changes and concepts of democratization as well as user involvement. Looking at the online exhibition “UN/NATURAL SURROGATES” (2019) the article opens up a perspective towards meta-curating that allows to conceive (online) exhibitions as a means of reflecting on curatorial processes in the postdigital era. KW - Postdigital KW - Virtuelle Ausstellung KW - Computerkunst KW - Metadaten Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.11588/dah.2020.5.72123 SN - 2363-5401 VL - 2020 IS - 5 SP - 18 EP - 35 CY - Heidelberg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Egger, Benjamin A1 - Kovarik, Magdalena A1 - Bernhard, Ann-Katrin A1 - Maselli, Daniele ED - Ackermann, Judith ED - Egger, Benjamin T1 - un/natural surrogates T2 - Transdisziplinäre Begegnungen zwischen postdigitaler Kunst und Kultureller Bildung N2 - The visual essay is an extension of the 2019 online exhibition un/natural surrogates which was created as part of the research project "Postdigital Art Practices in Cultural Education". The essay contrasts thirteen artworks from that show with thirteen newly selected artworks from the last seventy years, based on aesthetic similarities, parallels in the subject matter, and other related characteristics of the works. In doing so, an ahistorical story without -isms is offered. KW - Medienkunst KW - Virtuelle Ausstellung KW - Kunstwissenschaft KW - Kulturpädagogik KW - Postdigital Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-3-658-32079-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32079-9_6 SP - 83 EP - 112 PB - Springer CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Flechtner, Rahel A1 - Dewitz, Leyla A1 - Maué, Rahel A1 - Tost, Jordi A1 - Schuster, Paula L. A1 - Ackermann, Judith A1 - Heidmann, Frank T1 - Facing fears, facing opportunities: Lessons learned from a participatory design format with people affected by social anxiety N2 - Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed anxiety disorders and a health concern that has a significant impact on the affected individuals’ quality of life. Although there is a need to develop methods and tools to support those affected by SAD, it is especially challenging to conduct participatory design with this psychologically vulnerable group of people. This paper presents the design, implementation and evaluation of a participatory format built on a toolkit, a cultural probe and an online prototyping workshop to gain insights into the challenges and needs experienced in the everyday lives of those affected by severe social anxiety. We provide the theoretical framework for designing a participatory format for this vulnerable group, introduce and discuss our methodological approach, and present the lessons learned from implementing and evaluating the format in two workshop sessions with a total of 15 participants. T2 - Ängste bewältigen, Chancen nutzen: Lessons Learned aus einem partizipativen Designformat mit Menschen, die von sozialen Ängsten betroffen sind KW - Interaction design process and methods KW - Participatory Design KW - Social Anxiety KW - Prototyping KW - Online Workshop KW - Angststörung KW - Sozialangst KW - Interaktion KW - Partizipation KW - Prototyp Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:525-31168 SP - 1 EP - 19 CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Glauer, Ramiro A1 - Hildebrandt, Frauke T1 - Sortals, bodies, and variables : a critique of Quine’s theory of reference JF - Synthese N2 - Among the philosophical accounts of reference, Quine’s (1974) The Roots of Reference stands out in offering an integrated account of the acquisition of linguistic reference and object individuation. Based on a non-referential ability to distinguish bodies, the acquisition of sortals and quantification are crucial steps in learning to refer to objects. In this article, we critically re-assess Quine’s account of reference. Our critique will proceed in three steps with the aim of showing that Quine effectively presupposes what he sets out to explain, namely, reference to objects. We are going to argue (i) that sortals do not individuate, (ii) that bodies are already objects, and (iii) that the acquisition of variables presupposes a notion of identity. The result is diagnostic of a central desideratum for any theory of reference: an explanation of spatiotemporal object individuation. KW - Referenz KW - Individualisierung KW - Objekt KW - Sortaler Ausdruck Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03767-y SN - 1573-0964 VL - 200 IS - 4 PB - Springer Nature CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Glauer, Ramiro A1 - Hildebrandt, Frauke T1 - No facts without perspectives JF - Synthese N2 - Perner and Roessler (in: Aguilar J, Buckareff A (eds) Causing human action: new perspectives on the causal theory of action, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, pp 199–228, 2010) hold that children who do not yet have an understanding of subjective perspectives, i.e., mental states, explain actions by appealing to objective facts. In this paper, we criticize this view. We argue that in order to understand objective facts, subjects need to understand perspectives. By analysing basic fact-expressing assertions, we show that subjects cannot refer to facts if they do not understand two types of perspectivity, namely, spatial and doxastic perspectivity. To avoid conceptual confusion regarding different ways of referring to facts, we distinguish between reference to facts de re and de dicto. KW - Theory of mind KW - Objektivität KW - Subjektivität KW - Sachverhalt Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02958-9 SN - 1573-0964 VL - 199 IS - 1/2 SP - 3825 EP - 3851 PB - Springer Nature CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Große, Gerlind A1 - Simon, Antonia A1 - Soemer, Alexander A1 - Schönfeld, Romy A1 - Barth, Stefanie A1 - Linde, Nadine T1 - Teacher–Child Interaction Quality Fosters Working Memory and Social-Emotional Behavior in Two- and-Three-Year-Old Children JF - International Journal of Early Childhood T2 - Die Qualität der Lehrer-Kind-Interaktion fördert das Arbeitsgedächtnis und das sozial-emotionale Verhalten von zwei- und dreijährigen Kindern KW - Interaktionspädagogik KW - Qualität KW - Kleinkind KW - Erzieher KW - sozial-emotionale Entwicklung Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13158-022-00327-w SN - 1878-4658 VL - 54 IS - 3 SP - 421 EP - 444 PB - Springer CY - Dordrecht ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Große, Gerlind A1 - Streubel, Berit T1 - Emotion-specific vocabulary and its relation to emotion understanding in children and adolescents JF - Cognition and Emotion N2 - Among children and adolescents, emotion understanding relates to academic achievement and higher well-being. This study investigates the role of general and emotion-specific language skills in children’s and adolescents’ emotion understanding, building on previous research highlighting the significance of domain-specific language skills in conceptual development. We employ a novel inventory (CEVVT) to assess emotion-specific vocabulary. The study involved 10–11-year-old children (N = 29) and 16–17-year-old adolescents (N = 28), examining their emotion recognition and knowledge of emotion regulation strategies. Results highlight the ongoing development of emotion-specific vocabulary across these age groups. Emotion recognition correlated with general vocabulary in the younger group. In the older age group, emotion recognition was related to emotion-specific vocabulary size, but this effect only became apparent when controlling for the depth of emotion-specific vocabulary. Against expectation, there were no significant contributions of general or emotion-specific vocabulary to knowledge of emotion regulation strategies in either age group. These findings enhance our comprehension of the nuanced interplay between language and emotion across developmental stages. KW - Sprachentwicklung KW - Kind KW - Jugend KW - Wortschatz KW - Emotionales Lernen Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2024.2346745 SN - 0269-9931 SN - 1464-0600 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Große, Gerlind A1 - Streubel, Berit A1 - Gunzenhauser, Catherine A1 - Saalbach, Henrik T1 - Let’s Talk About Emotions BT - the Development of Children’s Emotion Vocabulary from 4 to 11 Years of Age JF - Affective Science N2 - Learning to use language in an adult-like way is a long-lasting process. This may particularly apply to complex conceptual domains such as emotions. The present study examined children’s and adults’ patterns of emotion word usage regarding their convergence and underlying semantic dimensions, and the factors influencing the ease of emotion word learning. We assessed the production of emotion words by 4- to 11-year-old children (N = 123) and 27 adults (M = 37 years) using a vignette test. We found that the older the children, the more emotion words they produced. Moreover, with increasing age, children’s pattern of emotion word usage converged with adult usage. The analysis for semantic dimensions revealed one clear criterion—the differentiation of positive versus negative emotions—for all children and adults. We further found that broad covering emotion words are produced earlier and in a more adult-like way. T2 - Sprechen wir über Emotionen: die Entwicklung des Emotionsvokabulars von Kindern im Alter von 4 bis 11 Jahren KW - Kleinkind KW - Kind KW - Semantik KW - Verbales Gedächtnis KW - Gefühlsausdruck KW - Faktorieller Survey Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-021-00040-2 SN - 2662-205X VL - 2 IS - 2 SP - 150 EP - 162 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hildebrandt, Frauke A1 - Glauer, Ramiro T1 - Singular reference : the turn to propositional thinking JF - Grazer Philosophische Studien : International Journal for Analytic Philosophy N2 - The ability to refer to objects – singular reference – is arguably the decisive innovation on the way to human propositional cognition. This article argues that object individuation requires singular reference because basic singular terms, namely spatial indexicals, provide a symbolic frame of reference for object individuation. The authors suggest that singular reference is intrinsically connected to essential characteristics of propositionality: among other things, it guarantees the situation-independence of meaning, allows for the distinction between truth and falsehood, and enables us to think about possibilities. The authors sketch how singular reference gives rise to the development of predication, the powerful logical tool of quantification, and forms the basis for differentiating between belief and desire. KW - Aussagenlogik KW - Index Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1163/18756735-00000164 SN - 0165-9227 VL - 99 IS - 2 SP - 159 EP - 185 PB - Brill CY - Leiden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hildebrandt, Frauke A1 - Glauer, Ramiro T1 - Becoming episodic : the development of objectivity JF - Philosophical Psychology N2 - We argue that objectivity is acquired by learning to refer to particular situations, that is, by developing episodicity. This contrasts with the widespread idea that genericity is crucial in developing humans’ ability to conceive of an objective world. According to the collective intentionality account, objectivity is acquired by contrasting one’s particular perspective in the “here and now” with a generic group perspective on how things are generally. However, this line of argument rests on confusing two independent notions of genericity: social and worldly genericity. Holding these two notions apart shows that there is no coherent developmental route from episodicity to objectivity via genericity. In effect, the collective intentionality account presupposes objectivity. Alternatively, episodicity may develop by enculturation into the common practice of spatial-indexical use. This ability establishes an initial, socially shared spatiotemporal reference system comprising the basis for objectivity. KW - Episodizität KW - Objektivität KW - Generalisierung KW - Kollektive Intentionalität Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2023.2181152 SN - 1465-394X PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hildebrandt, Frauke A1 - Glauer, Ramiro A1 - Kachel, Gregor T1 - Coming from a world without objects JF - Mind & Language N2 - While research on object individuation assumes that even very young children are able to perceive objects as particulars, we argue that the results of relevant studies can be explained in terms of feature discrimination. We propose that children start out navigating the world with a feature‐based ontology and only later become able to individuate objects spatiotemporally. Furthermore, object individuation is a cognitively demanding achievement resting on a uniquely human form of enculturation, namely the acquisition of deictic demonstratives. We conclude by outlining empirical expectations for operationalizations of our proposal. KW - demonstratives KW - infant cognition KW - kind‐bias KW - object individuation KW - reference Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:525-25000 VL - 37 IS - 2 SP - 159 EP - 176 PB - Wiley Blackwell Publishing Ltd CY - Oxford, UK ER -