Towards a semiotic biology : life is the action of signs / / editors, Claus Emmeche, Kalevi Kull

• Pubblicazione: London, : Imperial College Press; Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : Distributed by World Scientific, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 p.)
• Disciplina: 570
• Soggetto topico: Biology - Semiotics
• Altri autori: KullKalevi EmmecheClaus <1956->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Biosemiotic approach : general principles -- pt. 2. Applications -- pt. 3. Conversations.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents programmatic texts on biosemiotics, written collectively by world leading scholars in the field (Deacon, Emmeche, Favareau, Hoffmeyer, Kull, Markos, Pattee, Stjernfelt). In addition, the book includes chapters which focus closely on semiotic case studies (Bruni, Kotov, Maran, Neuman, Turovski). According to the central thesis of biosemiotics, sign processes characterise all living systems and the very nature of life, and their diverse phenomena can be best explained via the dynamics and typology of sign relations. The authors are therefore presenting a deeper view on biological evolution, intentionality of organisms, the role of communication in the living world and the nature of sign systems - all topics which are described in this volume. This has important consequences on the methodology and epistemology of biology and study of life phenomena in general, which the authors aim to help the reader better understand.
• Titolo autorizzato: Towards a semiotic biology
• ISBN: 1-283-43319-2; 9786613433190; 1-84816-688-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816883203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II