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domain of value]. These two additional conceptual terms can be used for very
general and only very slightly differentiated descriptions, which cannot or do not
wish to draw distinctions, for example, between social, historical and cultural
domains.
The branch in question, in its current version, contains five major taxonomic
domains of knowledge . 3 The first taxonomic domain of knowledge is represented by
the conceptual term [Functional material object] and covers, among other things,
what we call the tangible culture (of a social group, a civilization, etc.). This taxon
includes all the conceptual terms which serve to give an account of the physical
objects defined in relation to a subject (an observer, a user, a professional, etc.). For
instance, these could be objects such as constructions , products and tools but also
creations and expressions ( verbal , musical , etc.) or indeed which have a specific
cultural status (such as monuments , memory objects , objects such as relics or fossils
which constitute physicaltracesofapast ).
The second taxonomic domain of knowledge is represented by the conceptual
term [Social object]. Under this taxon, we find the set of conceptual terms which
serve for describing topics thematizing aspects of the social world: social life ,
actors , socialregimes and systems , etc.
The third taxonomic domain of knowledge is represented by the conceptual term
[Psychic object]. This taxon - which has been very underdeveloped hitherto -
includes the terms which are needed to describe the domains of knowledge
thematized in an (audiovisual) text or corpus relating to behaviors , attitudes ,
cognitivecapabilities , etc.
The fourth taxonomic domain of knowledge is represented by the conceptual
term [Historical object]. This taxon identifies the conceptual terms which serve to
describe subjects which speak about the past or a particular era , civilization , type of
history ( history of a country , history of a sector of activity , history of a social group ,
historyofascientificdiscipline , etc.).
The fifth taxonomic domain of knowledge is represented by the conceptual term
[Cultural object]. Under this final taxon we class the conceptual terms which enable
us to describe topics which refer to symbolic objects ( lato sensu ). These are
languages lato sensu (including natural languages ) and cultures in the sense of
cognitive models and reference frameworks. As we shall see later on, here we
distinguish between epistemological cultures (including scientific culture),
axiological cultures (including legal culture), deliberative cultures (including
3 As regards the expression “taxonomic domain of knowledge”, see section 13.3.
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