Peirce, Signs, and Meaning /

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"C.S. Peirce was the founder of pragmatism and a pioneer in the field of semiotics. His work investigated the problem of meaning, which is the core aspect of semiosis as well as a significant issue in many academic fields. Floyd Merrell demonstrates throughout Pierce, Signs, and Meaning that Pe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Merrell, Floyd, 1937- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Peirce, Charles S.
Peirce, Charles S. > (Charles Sanders), > 1839-1914.
Semiotics.
Meaning (Philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Pragmatism.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
Semiotique.
Signification (Philosophie)
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preamble: Is Meaning Possible within Indefinite Semiosis
  • 1. Our Blissful Unknowing Knowing
  • 2. The Self as a Sign among Signs
  • 3. Thought-Signs: Jungle or Wasteland?
  • 4. Sign-Events Meet Thought-Signs
  • 5. The Sign: Mirror or Lamp?
  • 6. Whither Meaning, Then?
  • 7. Fabricated Rather than Found
  • 8. What Else Is a Self-Respecting Sign to Do?

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