Showing papers on "Semiosphere published in 1998"

On semiosis, Umwelt, and semiosphere

Abstract: Dans le cadre du numero de la revue «Semiotica» (120, 3/4, 1998) consacre a la lecture de l'ouvrage de J. Hoffmeyer intitule «Signs of meaning in the universe» (1996), l'A. se propose de definir et de commenter les notions de semiosis, environnement et semiosphere sur lesquelles repose l'entreprise biosemiotique de Hoffmeyer, operant un tournant cognitif dans le domaine de la biologie. Examinant les finalites et les methodes de la biosemiotique concernant le concept d'information, le dualisme esprit-corps, l'opposition sciences humaines/sciences naturelles et humanite/nature, l'A. montre que la discipline definie par Hoffmeyer inaugure un nouveau paradigme en biologie empirique comme en biologie theorique, dressant des ponts entre des systemes complexes

Life's journey through the semiosphere

Abstract: Dans le cadre du numero de la revue «Semiotica» (120, 3/4, 1998) consacre a la lecture de l'ouvrage de J. Hoffmeyer intitule «Signs of meaning in the universe» (1996), l'A. propose une evaluation critique des idees principales de Hoffmeyer concernant la question de l'existence et la question de la biosemiotique, a travers un voyage dans la semiosphere depuis les distinctions primitives necessaires a l'organisation semiotique du vivant jusqu'a l'evolution de l'ethique, en passant par l'analyse de la triade peirceenne (objet, signe, interpretant), du probleme des paradoxes, des notions d'autoreference et d'autoproduction, de la distinction des environnements et de l'evolution du langage

In the world of signs : essays in honour of Professor Jerzy Pelc

Abstract: Introduction, How to Move in the World of Signs. PART I: THEORETICAL SEMIOTICS. Andrzej BOGUS_AWSKI: Conditionals and Egocentric Mental Predicates. Wojciech BUSZKOWSKI: On Families of Languages Generated by Categorial Grammar. Katalin G. HAVAS: Changing the World - Changing the Meaning. On the Meanings of the Principle of Non-Contradiction. Henryk HITZ: On Translation. Solomon MARCUS: Imprecision, Between Variety and Uniformity: The Conjugate Pairs. Jaroslav PEREGRIN, Petr SGALL: Meaning and Propositional Attitudes. Olgierd Adrian WOJTASIEWICZ: Some Applications of Metric Space in Theoretical Linguistics. PART II: METHODOLOGY. Evandro AGAZZI: Rationality and Certitude. Irena BELLERT: Human Reasoning and Artificial Intelligence. When Are Computers Dumb in Simulating Human Reasoning? Tomasz BIGAJ: Analyticity and Existence in Mathematics. Geoffrey B. KEENE: Taking up the Logical Slack in Natural Language. Andras Kertesz: Interdisciplinarity and the Myth of Exactness. Jan SRZEDNICKI: Norm as the Basis of Form. Juri S. STEPANOV: Cause in the Light of Semiotics. Jerzy A. WOJCIECHOWSKI: The Development of Knowledge as a Moral Problem. PART III: HISTORY OF SEMIOTICS. Erhard ALBRECHT: Philosophy of Language, Logic and Semiotics. Gerard DELEDALLE: A Philosopher's Reply to Questions Concerning Peirce's Theory of Signs. Janice DELEDALLE-RHODES: The Transposition of the Linguistic Sign in Peirce's Contributions to The Nation. Robert E. INNIS: From Feeling to Mind: A Note on Langer's Notion of Symbolic Projection. Roberta KEVELSON: Peirce's Semiotics as Complex Inquiry: Conflicting Methods. Jerzy KOPANIA: The Cartesian Alternative of Philosophical Thinking. Xiankun LI: Why Gonsung Long (Kungsun Lung) Said White Horse Is Not Horse. Lucia MELAZZO: A Report on Ancient Discussion. Ding-fu NI Semantic Thoughts of J. Stuart Mill and Chinese Characters. Irene PORTIS-WINNER: Lotman's Semiosphere: Some Comments. Joelle RETHORE: Another Close Look at the Interpretant. Edward STANKIEWICZ: The Semiotic Turn of Breal's Semantique. PART IV: LINGUISTICS. Klaus HEGER: Passive and Other Voices Seen from an Onomasiological Point of View. Laszlo I. KOMLOSZI: The Semiotic System of Events, Intrinsic Temporal and Deictic Tense Relations in Natural Language. On the Conceptualization of Temporal Schemata. Wac_aw M. OSADNIK, Ewa HORODECKA: Polysystem Theory, Translation Theory and Semiotics. Anna WIERZBICKA: THINK - a Universal Human Concept and a Conceptual Primitive. PART V: CULTURAL SEMIOTICS. Gianfranco BETTETINI: Communication as a Videogame. W_odzimierz KRYSI??N??SKI: Joyce, Models, and Semiotics of Passions. Hanna KSIAZEK-KONICKA: Visual Thinking in the Poetry of Julian Przybo_ and Miron Bia_oszewski. Urszula NIKLAS: The Space of Metaphor. Maria Caterina RUTA: Captivity as Event and Metaphor in Some of Cervantes' Writings. Eero TARASTI: From Aesthetics to Ethics: Semiotic Observations on the Moral Aspects of Art, Especially Music. Ladislav TONDL: Is It Justified to Consider the Semiotics of Technological Artefacts? Vilmos VOIGT: Poland, Finland and Hungary (A Tuatara's View). Thomas G. WINNER: Czech Poetism: A New View of Poetic Language. Johan WREDE: Metaphorical Imagery - Ambiguity, Explicitness and Life. Else M. BARTH: A Case Study in Empirical Logic and Semiotics. Fundamental Modes of Thought of Nazi Politician Vidkun Quisling, Based on Unpublished Drafts and Notebooks. Paul BOUISSAC: Why Do Memes Die? Wojciech KALAGA: Thresholds of Signification. Adam PODGORECKI: Do Social Sciences Evaporate?