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(2005) Axiomathes 15 (4).
From design to self-organization, or
a proper structure for a proper function
Inna Semetsky
pp. 575-597
It is suggested that Charles Sanders Peirce's triadic semiotics provides a framework for a diagrammatic representation of a sign's proper structure. The action of signs is described at the logical and psychological levels. The role of (unconscious) abductive inference is analyzed, and a diagram of reasoning is offered. A series of interpretants transform brute facts into interpretable signs thereby providing human experience with value or meaning. The triadic structure helps in de-mystifying the relations between Penrose's three worlds when the latter are considered as constituting a semiotic triangle.
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DOI: 10.1007/s10516-005-2780-6
Full citation:
Semetsky, I. (2005). From design to self-organization, or: a proper structure for a proper function. Axiomathes 15 (4), pp. 575-597.
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