期刊全称 | A Biosemiotic Ontology | 期刊简称 | The Philosophy of Gi | 影响因子2023 | Felice Cimatti | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Provides an introduction to Giorgio Prodi as one of the most important biosemioticians in recent time.Presents a complete unitary theory of life, from viruses to consciousness and religious feeling, b | 学科分类 | Biosemiotics | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | .Giorgio Prodi (1928-1987) was an important Italian scientist who developed an original philosophy based on two basic assumptions: 1. life is mainly a semiotic phenomenon; 2. matter is somewhat a semiotic phenomenon..Prodi applies Peirce‘s cenopythagorean categories to all phenomena of life and matter: Firstness, Secondness, and Thirdness. They are interconnected meaning that the very ontology of the world, according to Prodi, is somewhat semiotic. In fact, when one describes matter as “made of” Firstness and Secondness, this means that matter ‘intrinsically’ implies semiotics (with Thirdness also being present in the world)..At the very heart of Prodi’s theory lies a metaphysical hypothesis which is an ambitious theoretical gesture that places Prodi in an awkward position with respect to the customary philosophical tradition. In fact, his own ontology is neither dualistic nor monistic. Such a conclusion is unusual and weird, but much less unusual in present time than itwas when it was first introduced. The actual resurgence of various “realisms” make Prodi’s semiotic realism much more interesting than when he first proposed his philosophical approach. What is uncommon, in Prodi pe | Pindex | Book 2018 |
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