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ABSTRACT This paper introduces Peirce's notion of proposition, "Dicisign." It goes through its main characteristics and argues that its strengths have been overlooked. It does not fall prey to some of the... more
ABSTRACT This paper introduces Peirce's notion of proposition, "Dicisign." It goes through its main characteristics and argues that its strengths have been overlooked. It does not fall prey to some of the problems in the received notion of propositions their dependence upon language, upon compositionality, upon human intention. This implies the extension of Peircean Dicisigns is wider in two respects: they comprise 1 propositions not or only partially linguistic, using instead gesture, picture, diagrams, etc.; 2 non-human propositions in biology studied by biosemiotics.
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Diagram experimentation forms the prototype of the various transformation concepts encountered in different semiotic theories. Diagrams are, as we saw, types, or ideal objects and they may be used to refer, in turn, to other general,... more
Diagram experimentation forms the prototype of the various transformation concepts encountered in different semiotic theories. Diagrams are, as we saw, types, or ideal objects and they may be used to refer, in turn, to other general, ideal objects. A theoretical tradition with ...
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The article investigates the meeting between linguistics and literary theory under the auspices of cognitive grammar. First, it places this recent meeting in contrast to the relation between the two under structuralism; second, it... more
The article investigates the meeting between linguistics and literary theory under the auspices of cognitive grammar. First, it places this recent meeting in contrast to the relation between the two under structuralism; second, it sketches the philosophical foundations of cognitive ...
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The paper outline three basic categories of urban phenomenology based upon the simple notion of a trajectory thorough a network of streets. This formal notion gives rise to three different phases of such a trajectory—where the movement... more
The paper outline three basic categories of urban phenomenology based upon the simple notion of a trajectory thorough a network of streets. This formal notion gives rise to three different phases of such a trajectory—where the movement stops, when it proceeds unproblematically, and when several possibilities for choosing the further trajectory present themselves; thus, the locale, the street, and the square, as indicated in the title. Based on the Peircean notions of First-, Second-, and Thirdness, the paper makes a first investigation as to which aspects of urban experience are connected to these three categories.
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La rubrique «Arguments» offre un lieu de discussion et de confrontation. «Arguments» souhaite contribuer à un dialogue scientifique fécond en publiant des réactions à diverses publications scientifiques. Ces pages sont également ouvertes... more
La rubrique «Arguments» offre un lieu de discussion et de confrontation. «Arguments» souhaite contribuer à un dialogue scientifique fécond en publiant des réactions à diverses publications scientifiques. Ces pages sont également ouvertes aux réflexions suscitées par les ...
Mimicry and deception are two important issues in studies about animal communication. The reliability of animal signs and the problem of the benefits of deceiving in sign exchanges are interesting topics in the evolution of communication.... more
Mimicry and deception are two important issues in studies about animal communication. The reliability of animal signs and the problem of the benefits of deceiving in sign exchanges are interesting topics in the evolution of communication. In this paper, we intend to contribute to an understanding of deception by studying the case of aggressive signal mimicry in fireflies, investigated by James Lloyd. Firefly femmes fatales are specialized in mimicking the mating signals of other species of fireflies with the purpose of attracting responding males to become their prey. These aggressive mimics are a major factor in the survival and reproduction of both prey and predator. It is a case of deception through active falsification of information that leads to efficient predation by femmes fatales fireflies and triggered evolutionary processes in their preys’ communicative behaviors. There are even nested coevolutionary interactions between these fireflies, leading to a remarkable system of deceptive and counterdeceptive signaling behaviors. We develop here a semiotic model of firefly deception and also consider ideas advanced by Lloyd about the evolution of communication, acknowledging that deception can be part of the explanation of why communication evolves towards increasing complexity. Increasingly complex sign exchanges between fireflies evolve in an extremely slow pace. Even if deceptive maneuvers are played out time and time again between particular firefly individuals, the evolution of the next level of complexity—and thus the next utterance in the dialogue between species—is likely to take an immense amount of generations.
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Two different concepts of iconicity compete in Peirce’s diagrammatical logic. One is articulated in his general reflections on the role of diagrams in thought, in what could be termed his diagrammatology – the other is articulated in his... more
Two different concepts of iconicity compete in Peirce’s diagrammatical logic. One is articulated in his general reflections on the role of diagrams in thought, in what could be termed his diagrammatology – the other is articulated in his construction of Existential Graphs as an iconic system for logic representation. One is operational and defines iconicity in terms of which information may be derived from a given diagram or diagram system – the other has stronger demands on iconicity, adding to the operational criterion a demand for as high a degree of similarity as possible. This paper investigates the two iconicity notions and addresses some of the issues they involve.
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The vitalism/reductionism debate in the life sciences shows that the idea of emergence as something principally unexplainable will often be falsified by the development of science. Nevertheless, the concept of emergence keeps reappearing... more
The vitalism/reductionism debate in the life sciences shows that the idea of emergence as something principally unexplainable will often be falsified by the development of science. Nevertheless, the concept of emergence keeps reappearing in various sciences, and cannot easily be dispensed with in an evolutionary world-view. We argue that what is needed is an ontological non reductionist theory of levels of reality which includes a concept of emergence, and which can support an evolutionary account of the origin of levels. Classical explication of emergence as “the creation of new properties” is discussed critically, and specific distinctions between various kinds of emergence is introduced for the purpose of developing an ontology of levels, framed in a materialistic and evolutionary perspective. A concept of the relation between levels as being inclusive is suggested, permitting the “local” existence of different ontologies. We identify, as a working hypothesis, four primary levels and explicate their nonhomomorphic interlevel relations. Explainability of emergence in relation to determinism and predictability is considered. Recent research in self-organizing non-linear dynamical systems represents a revival of the scientific study of emergence, and we argue that these recent developments can be seen as a step toward a final “devitalisation” of emergence.
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"(Table of content) p. 1. Introduction: Diagrammatical reasoning and Peircean logic representations João Queiroz, Frederik Stjernfelt p. 5. Images, diagrams, and narratives: Charles S. Peirce's epistemological theory of mental... more
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p. 1. Introduction: Diagrammatical reasoning and Peircean logic representations
João Queiroz, Frederik Stjernfelt
p. 5. Images, diagrams, and narratives: Charles S. Peirce's epistemological theory of mental diagrams
Markus Arnold
p. 21. The fine structure of Peircean ligatures and lines of identity
Robert W. Burch
p. 69. When is a bunch of marks on paper a diagram? Diagrams as homomorphic representations
Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran
p. 89. Ligatures in Peirce's existential graphs
Frithjof Dau
p. 111. Iconic thought and diagrammatical scripture: Peirce and the Leibnizian tradition
Rossella Fabbrichesi
p. 129. Linear notation for existential graphs
Eric Hammer
p. 141. Peircean Algebraic Logic and Peirce's Reduction Thesis
Joachim Hereth, Reinhard Pöschel
p. 169. Remarks on the iconicity and interpretation of existential graphs
Risto Hilpinen
p. 189. Cognitive conditions of diagrammatic reasoning
Michael H. G. Hoffmann
p. 213. External diagrammatization and iconic brain co-evolution
Lorenzo Magnani
p. 239. Computers as medium for mathematical writing
Morten Misfeldt
p. 259. Peircean diagrams of time
Peter Øhrstrøm
p. 275. Space, complementarity, and “diagrammatic reasoning”
Michael Otte
p. 297. Diagrams, iconicity, and abductive discovery
Sami Paavola
p. 315. Moving pictures of thought II: Graphs, games, and pragmaticism's proof
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
p. 333. Peirce's alpha graphs and propositional languages
Sun-Joo Shin
p. 347. Peirce's tutorial on existential graphs
John F. Sowa
p. 395. On operational and optimal iconicity in Peirce's diagrammatology
Frederik Stjernfelt
p. 421. Existential graphs and proofs of pragmaticism
Fernando Zalamea, Jaime Nubiola"
p. 1. Introduction: Diagrammatical reasoning and Peircean logic representations
João Queiroz, Frederik Stjernfelt
p. 5. Images, diagrams, and narratives: Charles S. Peirce's epistemological theory of mental diagrams
Markus Arnold
p. 21. The fine structure of Peircean ligatures and lines of identity
Robert W. Burch
p. 69. When is a bunch of marks on paper a diagram? Diagrams as homomorphic representations
Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran
p. 89. Ligatures in Peirce's existential graphs
Frithjof Dau
p. 111. Iconic thought and diagrammatical scripture: Peirce and the Leibnizian tradition
Rossella Fabbrichesi
p. 129. Linear notation for existential graphs
Eric Hammer
p. 141. Peircean Algebraic Logic and Peirce's Reduction Thesis
Joachim Hereth, Reinhard Pöschel
p. 169. Remarks on the iconicity and interpretation of existential graphs
Risto Hilpinen
p. 189. Cognitive conditions of diagrammatic reasoning
Michael H. G. Hoffmann
p. 213. External diagrammatization and iconic brain co-evolution
Lorenzo Magnani
p. 239. Computers as medium for mathematical writing
Morten Misfeldt
p. 259. Peircean diagrams of time
Peter Øhrstrøm
p. 275. Space, complementarity, and “diagrammatic reasoning”
Michael Otte
p. 297. Diagrams, iconicity, and abductive discovery
Sami Paavola
p. 315. Moving pictures of thought II: Graphs, games, and pragmaticism's proof
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
p. 333. Peirce's alpha graphs and propositional languages
Sun-Joo Shin
p. 347. Peirce's tutorial on existential graphs
John F. Sowa
p. 395. On operational and optimal iconicity in Peirce's diagrammatology
Frederik Stjernfelt
p. 421. Existential graphs and proofs of pragmaticism
Fernando Zalamea, Jaime Nubiola"
Research Interests: Semiotics, Philosophy, Pragmatism, Logic, Graphs Theory, and 36 moreGraph Theory, American Philosophy, Peirce, Visual Semiotics, Diagram understanding, Truth, Diagrammatic Reasoning, Charles S. Peirce, Philosophy of Logic, John Dewey, Richard Rorty, Diagrammatic Knowledge Acquisition, Knowledge Discovery with Diagrams, Process Philosophy (Peirce, Whitehead), Philosophy Of Diagrams, Peirce Pragmaticist Semiotics, Charles Sanders Peirce, Peirce, Charles S., Peircean Semiotics, Diagrammatic Logic, Peircean phenomenology, Knowledge, C.S Peirce, Venn diagrams, Diagrams, C. S. Peirce, Existential Graphs, Belief, Diagrammatic Design, Peircean inference, Inquiry, NeoPragmatism, Diagrammatology, Media and Technology, Pragmatisme, and W. James
Abstract Mimicry and deception are two important issues in studies about animal communication. The reliability of animal signs and the problem of the benefits of deceiving in sign exchanges are interesting topics in the evolution of... more
Abstract Mimicry and deception are two important issues in studies about animal communication. The reliability of animal signs and the problem of the benefits of deceiving in sign exchanges are interesting topics in the evolution of communication. In this paper, we intend to contribute to an understanding of deception by studying the case of aggressive signal mimicry in fireflies, investigated by James Lloyd. Firefly femmes fatales are specialized in mimicking the mating signals of other species of fireflies with the purpose of attracting responding males to become their prey. These aggressive mimics are a major factor in the survival and reproduction of both prey and predator. It is a case of deception through active falsification of information that leads to efficient predation by femmes fatales fireflies and triggered evolutionary processes in their preys’ communicative behaviors. There are even nested coevolutionary interactions between these fireflies, leading to a remarkable system of deceptive and counterdeceptive signaling behaviors. We develop here a semiotic model of firefly deception and also consider ideas advanced by Lloyd about the evolution of communication, acknowledging that deception can be part of the explanation of why communication evolves towards increasing complexity. Increasingly complex sign exchanges between fireflies evolve in an extremely slow pace. Even if deceptive maneuvers are played out time and time again between particular firefly individuals, the evolution of the next level of complexity—and thus the next utterance in the dialogue between species—is likely to take an immense amount of generations.
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This book is about biosemiotics — a paradigm for both biological and semiotic thinking — as approached through the work of one of its pioneers, Jesper Hoffmeyer.