Towards A Semiotic Biology: Life Is The Action Of Signs
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Towards A Semiotic Biology: Life Is The Action Of Signs

Life is the Action of Signs

  1. 316 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Towards A Semiotic Biology: Life Is The Action Of Signs

Life is the Action of Signs

About this book

This book presents programmatic texts on biosemiotics, written collectively by world leading scholars in the field (Deacon, Emmeche, Favareau, Hoffmeyer, Kull, Markoš, Pattee, Stjernfelt). In addition, the book includes chapters which focus closely on semiotic case studies (Bruni, Kotov, Maran, Neuman, Turovski).According to the central thesis of biosemiotics, sign processes characterise all living systems and the very nature of life, and their diverse phenomena can be best explained via the dynamics and typology of sign relations. The authors are therefore presenting a deeper view on biological evolution, intentionality of organisms, the role of communication in the living world and the nature of sign systems — all topics which are described in this volume. This has important consequences on the methodology and epistemology of biology and study of life phenomena in general, which the authors aim to help the reader better understand.

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Yes, you can access Towards A Semiotic Biology: Life Is The Action Of Signs by Kalevi Kull, Claus Emmeche in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Philosophy & Biology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
ICP
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781848166875, 9781848166875
eBook ISBN
9781848166882
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Biology

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Contributors
  4. Chapter 1 Why Biosemiotics? An Introduction to Our View on the Biology of Life Itself
  5. Part I Biosemiotic Approach: General Principles
  6. Part II APPLICATIONS
  7. Part III Conversations
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Name Index
  10. Subject Index