Showing papers by "Kalevi Kull published in 2023"
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors combine some recent theoretical results in (bio)semiotics on arbitrariness, semiotic fitting, umwelt, choice, and extended theory of evolution into a more coherent whole.
Abstract: This essay attempts to combine some recent theoretical results in (bio)semiotics on arbitrariness, semiotic fitting, umwelt, choice, and extended theory of evolution into a more coherent whole. The proposed model describes a living being through its subjectivity and the ability to create meaning, which are often overlooked in models based on replicability. The concept of the umwelt is divided into two – the synchronic umwelt and the distributed or diachronic umwelt. For the latter, a new term ‘umweb’ is introduced. A mechanism of evolution is described in which arbitrary relating followed by semiotic fitting is somewhat analogous to the neo-Darwinian mechanism of random mutations followed by natural selection. The paper proceeds to discuss the alternativity and coexistence of these two radically different ways of evolution and learning.
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TL;DR: Cobley has been a leader of the general semiotics movement, according to which the semiotic project is most fully realized on a biosemiotic basis as discussed by the authors , and his works have links to communication studies and integrationism.
Abstract: Abstract We briefly review the impact of Paul Cobley (born 1963) on biosemiotics and list his works on the topic. These have links to communication studies and integrationism. After Thomas Sebeok, John Deely, and several others, Cobley has been a leader of the general semiotics movement, according to which “semiotics’ project is most fully realized on a biosemiotic basis.”
TL;DR: In this article , Cobley describes how to develop semiotics: Paul Cobley and his approach to semiotic development, and how semiotics can be used in semiotic research.
Abstract: How to develop semiotics: Paul Cobley