From the computer metaphor to multimodal metaphor

The changes in the idea of meaning in the heuristic-methodological project of the cognitive sciences are described, from its first formulation to the twists and turns that have recently moved the founding premises and reintroduced some variables, previously overlooked, in the field of cognition and semiosis. In this framework, it is highlighted how, incorporating soft aspects of subjectivity and a broader conception of the idea of individuals bodily linked to the world, a revolution of perspectives from developmental psychology, linguistics and philosophy of mind has been generated in cognitivism.