All posts tagged with semiotics

Quote: Hockett and Ascher on signs and symbols

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From “The human revolution”, by Charles Hockett and Robert Ascher, footnote 2 Hockett:1964:

Superstition explained? Signs point to no…

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I happened to be lecturing about cause-effect relationships in my Biology of Mind course today, and will continue the subject next time. So I was interested ...

Hoffmeyer on language as adaptation

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Chapter 8 of Hoffmeyer's Signs of Meaning in the Universe is about the evolution of language. I really like the opening paragraph, which is worth rememberin...