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Book 2017.0

Telos and Object

Luca Russo

Edition
1 edition

General Semiotics Peter Lang Publishing 9783034320887 Available

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Other title information: The relation between sign and object as a teleological relation in the semiotics of Charles S. Peirce

Notes: This is Luca Rosso's thesis

Annotation: The semiotics of Charles S. Peirce is conceived as an essential part of a comprehensive philosophical outlook. The study of signs is carried on for its bearing on the knowledge of reality; therefore the relation of signs to objects is the core concern of Peirce’s semiotics. This study looks at this question on the background of Peirce’s philosophical system, individuating in the theories of reality and of knowledge the key issues which allow a philosophically grounded definition of the sign-object relation. The concepts of teleology and of final cause reveal themselves to be the essential conception which emerges from these two issues. The underlying teleological tendencies in the use of signs justify their gnoseological reliableness.

Identifier: 9783034320887

Status: Available

Book 1998.0

Signs and Symbols

Adrian Frutiger

Culture Watson-Guptill Publications 0823048268 Available

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Other title information: their design and meaning

Notes: Original title in German "Der Manch un seine Sachen" (1928), English translation by Andrew Bluhm

Annotation: Discusses the elements of a sign, and looks at pictograms, alphabets, calligraphy, monograms, text type, numerical signs, symbols, and trademarks. This is a compelling study of the nature of signs and how people communicate written by the distinguished typographer Adrian Frutiger; who has illustrated his text with over 2000 line drawings. He reproduces numerous aspects of graphic symbolism from the simplicity of the T-sign to the ornamentation of the Australian aboriginal painting, and comments on the full range of symbols even including modern trademarks and traffic signs. This is the distillation of Frutiger's life's work and compulsory reading for all those interested in graphics, design, art, ornament and communication in general.

Identifier: 0823048268

Status: Available

Proceedings Paper 1997

Between signs and symbols: An economic distinction?

Katya Mandoki

In: Synthesis in Diversity, Volume 2

Pages
1015-1018

Semiotics Around the World

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Book 1992.0

Name, Hero, Icon

Anna Makolkin

Culture Mouton de Gruyter 3110130122 Available

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Other title information: Semiotics of Nationalism through Heroic Biography

Annotation: The main focus of this project, when it was undertaken in 1987, was on name as sign and hero as icon. Since the completion of the work in 1988, dramatic changes have occurred in the world, particularly in Eastern Europe. Through them, one may observe the unpredictable power of signs and symbols and their profound impact on the collective psyche. Masses of people are involved in the destruction of the old icons and the formation of new ones. Here our semiotic lenses are focused on the role of symbolic, on the power of the name-sign, and on the display of its semiotic constant.

Identifier: 3110130122

Status: Available

Book 1990.0

S/Z

Roland Barthes

General Semiotics Blackwell Publishing 0631176071 Available

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Annotation: S/Z is the linguistic distillation of Barthes's system of semiology, a science of signs and symbols, in which Balzac's novella, Sarrasine, is dissected semantically to uncover layers of hidden meaning.

Identifier: 0631176071

Status: Available