Schematic Enough to be Safe from Kidnappers: The Semiotics of Charles Peirce as Transitionalist Pragmatism

Olteanu, Alin

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“…However, other scholars, particularly in a semiotic scope, argue that Peirce's pragmati(ci) sm does not posit (any of) these categories as ontologically a priori. Rather, they are manifest in a mingled way, in their simultaneous cooperation in signs (Merrell, 2001;Mittelberg, 2019;Olteanu, 2019). Peirce explained that not even in imagination can the categories be dissociated one from the other (CP 1.353).…”

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“…This echoes Jakobson's (1965) criticism of the arbitrariness hypothesis in linguisitcs, and Brandt's (2011) founding of cognitive semiotics, both relying on the Peircean differentiation and continuity of icon, index and symbol in representation. Another complementary but related justification consists in the recent effort to approach cultural phenomena from a distinctively biosemiotic perspective (Cobley, 2010(Cobley, , 2016Olteanu, 2019;Rodríguez Higuera, 2018). Here, too, the biosemiotic notion of modeling is instrumental (Cobley, 2016: 28).…”

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Multimodal Modeling: Bridging Biosemiotics and Social Semiotics

Olteanu

2021

Biosemiotics

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This paper explores a semiotic notion of body as starting point for bridging biosemiotic with social semiotic theory. The cornerstone of the argument is that the social semiotic criticism of the classic view of meaning as double articulation can support the criticism of language-centrism that lies at the foundation of biosemiotics. Besides the pragmatic epistemological advantages implicit in a theoretical synthesis, I argue that this brings a semiotic contribution to philosophy of mind broadly. Also, it contributes to overcoming the polemic in linguistics between, loosely put, cognitive universalism and cultural relativism. This possibility is revealed by the recent convergence of various semiotic theories towards a criticism of the classic notion of meaning as double articulation. In biosemiotics, the interest to explicate meaning as multiply articulated stems from the construal of Umwelt as relying on the variety of sense perception channels and semiotic systems that a species has at its disposal. Recently, social semiotics developed an unexplored interest for embodiment by starting from the other end, namely the consideration of the modal heterogeneity of meaning. To bridge these notions, I employ the cognitive semantic notion of embodiment and Mittelberg’s cognitive semiotic notion of exbodiment. In light of these, I explore the possible intricacies between the biosemiotic notion of primary modeling system and concepts referring to preconceptual structures for knowledge organization stemming from cognitive linguistics. Further, Mittelberg’s concept of exbodiment allows for a construal of meaning articulation as mediation between the exbodying and embodying directions of mind.

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Charles Peirce’s Philosophy and the Intersection Between Biosemiotics and the Philosophy of Biology

Rodríguez Higuera

2023

Biol Theory

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Charles S. Peirce’s philosophy of signs, generally construed as the foundation of current semiotic theory, offers a theory of general perception with significant implications for the notion of subjectivity in organisms. In this article, we will discuss Peirce’s primary claims in semiotic theory, particularly focusing on their relevance to biosemiotics. We argue that these claims align with certain areas of the philosophy of biology, specifically epistemological and ontological considerations, despite the limited formal interaction between disciplines. This article serves as a general introduction to Peircean biosemiotics as a philosophical perspective on biological subjectivity.

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Peircean anti-psychologism and learning theory

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2021

Chinese Semiotic Studies

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Taking influence from Peirce’s phenomenological categories (Firstness, Secondness, Thirdness), a notion of what we call bottom-up modeling has become increasingly significant in research areas interested in learning, cognition, and development. Here, following a particular reading of Peircean semiotics (cf. Deacon, Terrence. 1997. The symbolic species: The co-evolution of language and the brain. London and New York: W. W. Norton; Sebeok, Thomas and Marcel Danesi. 2000. The forms of meaning: Modelling systems theory and semiotic analysis. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter), modeling, and thus also learning, has mostly been thought of as ascending from simple, basic sign types to complex ones (iconic – indexical – symbolic; Firstness – Secondness – Thirdness). This constitutes the basis of most currently accepted (neo-Peircean) semiotic modeling theories and entails the further acceptance of an unexamined a priori coherence between complexity of cognition and complexity of signification. Following recent readings of Peirce’s post-1900 semiotic, we will present, in abbreviated form, a discussion as to the limits of this theoretical approach for theories of learning that draws upon Peirce’s late semiotic philosophy, in particular his late work on iconicity and propositions. We also explore the corollary conceptions of semiotic resources and competences and affordances to develop an ecological perspective on learning that notably does not impose a linear developmental progression from simple to complex. In conclusion, we address some of the implications of this (post-Peircean) conceptualization for transdisciplinary research into learning.

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Schematic Enough to be Safe from Kidnappers: The Semiotics of Charles Peirce as Transitionalist Pragmatism

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Multimodal Modeling: Bridging Biosemiotics and Social Semiotics

Multimodal Modeling: Bridging Biosemiotics and Social Semiotics

Charles Peirce’s Philosophy and the Intersection Between Biosemiotics and the Philosophy of Biology

Peircean anti-psychologism and learning theory

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