| Author | : Charles William Morris |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 496 |
| Release | : 1971 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
Peirce on Signs
| Author | : James Hoopes |
| Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
| Total Pages | : 295 |
| Release | : 2014-02-01 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1469616815 |
Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) is rapidly becoming recognized as the greatest American philosopher. At the center of his philosophy was a revolutionary model of the way human beings think. Peirce, a logician, challenged traditional models by describing thoughts not as "ideas" but as "signs," external to the self and without meaning unless interpreted by a subsequent thought. His general theory of signs -- or semiotic -- is especially pertinent to methodologies currently being debated in many disciplines. This anthology, the first one-volume work devoted to Peirce's writings on semiotic, provides a much-needed, basic introduction to a complex aspect of his work. James Hoopes has selected the most authoritative texts and supplemented them with informative headnotes. His introduction explains the place of Peirce's semiotic in the history of philosophy and compares Peirce's theory of signs to theories developed in literature and linguistics.
Writings on the General Theory of Signs
| Author | : Charles W. Morris |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 488 |
| Release | : 2014-01-02 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 311081059X |
Peirce's Theory of Signs
| Author | : T. L. Short |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 13 |
| Release | : 2007-02-12 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1139461915 |
In this book, T. L. Short corrects widespread misconceptions of Peirce's theory of signs and demonstrates its relevance to contemporary analytic philosophy of language, mind and science. Peirce's theory of mind, naturalistic but nonreductive, bears on debates of Fodor and Millikan, among others. His theory of inquiry avoids foundationalism and subjectivism, while his account of reference anticipated views of Kripke and Putnam. Peirce's realism falls between 'internal' and 'metaphysical' realism and is more satisfactory than either. His pragmatism is not verificationism; rather, it identifies meaning with potential growth of knowledge. Short distinguishes Peirce's mature theory of signs from his better-known but paradoxical early theory. He develops the mature theory systematically on the basis of Peirce's phenomenological categories and concept of final causation. The latter is distinguished from recent and similar views, such as Brandon's, and is shown to be grounded in forms of explanation adopted in modern science.
Signs of Writing
| Author | : Roy Harris |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 226 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9780415100885 |
By treating writing as an independent mode of communication, based on the use of spatial relations to connect events separated in time, the author shows how other forms of writing obey the same principles.In Signs of Writing Roy Harris re-examines basic questions about writing that have long been obscured by the traditional assumption that writing is merely a visual substitute for speech.By treating writing as an independent mode of communication, based on the use of spatial relations to connect events separated in time, the author shows how musical, mathematical and other forms of writing obey the same principles as verbal writing. These principles, he argues, apply to texts of all kinds: a sonnet, a symphonic score, a signature on a cheque and a supermarket label. Moreover, they apply throughout the history of writing, from hieroglyphics to hypertext.This is the first book to provide a new general theory of writing in over forty years. Signs of Writing will be essential reading for anyone interested in language and communication.
Handbook of Semiotics
| Author | : Winfried Noth |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 600 |
| Release | : 1990-09-22 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9780253209597 |
History and Classics of Modern Semiotics -- Sign and Meaning -- Semiotics, Code, and the Semiotic Field -- Language and Language-Based Codes -- From Structuralism to Text Semiotics: Schools and Major Figures -- Text Semiotics: The Field -- Nonverbal Communication -- Aesthetics and Visual Communication.
Charles S. Peirce. Selected Writings on Semiotics, 1894–1912
| Author | : Francesco Bellucci |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 333 |
| Release | : 2020-06-22 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 3110607395 |
Charles S. Peirce (1839–1914) is widely recognized as America’s greatest philosopher, the originator of pragmatism, and one of the founders of modern mathematical logic. He was also a pioneer in the field of "semiotics," the general theory of signs, and many have regarded him as the father of the contemporary form of the discipline. The volume is a specialized selection of unpublished writings spanning almost twenty years (1894–1913) that are essential to understand Peirce’s views about signs, their classification, and the relations between semiotics and logical inquiry. It comprises twenty-two selections, a historico-critical introduction, and an apparatus of editorial annotations. The selections are prepared following the methods of scholarly editing of philosophical texts. The book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers working in areas such as Peirce studies, the history of American philosophy and pragmatism, logic and history of logic, the history of analytic philosophy, philosophy of language, semiotics, and language sciences.
Signs
| Author | : Thomas Albert Sebeok |
| Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
| Total Pages | : 220 |
| Release | : 2001-01-01 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780802084729 |
In this regard, semiotics is of relevance to a wide spectrum of scholars and professionals, including social scientists, psychologists, artists, graphic designers, and students of literature.".
A General Introduction to the Semiotic of Charles Sanders Peirce
| Author | : James JakÃ3b Liszka |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 174 |
| Release | : 1996-09-22 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism & Collections |
| ISBN | : 9780253116116 |
"This definitive text is the single best work on Peirce's semeiotic (as Peirce would have spelled it) allowing scholars to extrapolate beyond Peirce or to apply him to new areas..." -- Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Newsletter "... indispensable introduction to Peirce's semiotics." -- Teaching Philosophy "Both for students new to Peirce and for the advanced student, this is an excellent and unique reference book. It should be available in libraries at all... colleges and universities." -- Choice "The best and most balanced full account of Peirce's semiotic which contributes not only to semiotics but to philosophy. Liszka's book is the sourcebook for scholars in general." -- Nathan Houser Although 19th-century philosopher and scientist Charles Sanders Peirce was a prolific writer, he never published his work on signs in any organized fashion, making it difficult to grasp the scope of his thought. In this book, Liszka presents a systematic and comprehensive acount of Peirce's theory, including the role of semiotic in the system of sciences, with a detailed analysis of its three main branches -- grammar, critical logic, and universal rhetoric.
