- www.semiotics.pro.br
Joao Queiroz
UFJF - Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Arts and Design, Faculty Member
- Abductive Inference, Distributed Cognition, Portuguese and Brazilian Literature, Comparative Literature, Biosemiotics, Charles S. Peirce, and 34 morePhilosophy of Cognitive Science, Peirce Pragmaticist Semiotics, Cognitive Semiotics, Language Evolution, Translation Studies, Word and Image Studies, Creativity Research, Contemporary Literature, Peircean Semiotics, Intermediality, Pragmatist Aesthetics, Peirce, Analogy (Cognitive Psychology), Language as a complex, dynamic system; the relations of language proper with gesture and motion; language change and evolution., Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Science, Semiotics, Art and technology, Arts and Design Technology, Pragmatism, Philosophy of Biology, American Philosophy, Visual Semiotics, Intersemiotic Translation, Peircean phenomenology, Diagrammatic Reasoning, Philosophy, Charles Sanders Peirce, Situated Cognition, Diagrams, Situated Cognition; Cognitive Theories, History and Philosophy of Logic, American Pragmatism, and History of semioticsedit
- J.Q. is a professor at Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Institute of Arts and Design, Postgraduate Program in Comm... moreJ.Q. is a professor at Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Institute of Arts and Design, Postgraduate Program in Communication), Brazil. Queiroz earned a Ph.D. in Communication and Semiotics from the Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), and received a post-doctoral fellowship in Cognitive Science at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEEC-DCA), State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). His research interests include: Cognitive Semiotics, Peirce's Philosophy and Semiotics, Biosemiotics and Cognitive Science, as well as South-American and Brazilian art and literature.edit
Habit in semiosis can be modeled both as a macro-level in a hierarchical multi-level system where it functions as boundary conditions for emergence of semiosis, and as a cognitive niche produced by an ecologically-inherited environment of... more
Habit in semiosis can be modeled both as a macro-level in a hierarchical multi-level system where it functions as boundary conditions for emergence of semiosis, and as a cognitive niche produced by an ecologically-inherited environment of cognitive artifacts. According to the first perspective, semiosis is modeled in terms of a multilayered system, with micro functional entities at the lower-level and with higher-level processes being mereologically composed of these lower-level entities. According to the second perspective, habits are embedded in ecologically-inherited environments of signs that co-evolve with cognition. Both descriptions offer a novel approximation of Peirce's semiotics and theoretical findings in other areas (hierarchy theory, evolutionary biology), suggesting new frameworks to approach the concept of habit integrated with its role in semiosis.
Research Interests:
"The Commens Encyclopedia of Peirce Studies publishes peer-reviewed research articles on C. S. Peirce and work inspired by his thought. The Commens Encyclopedia accepts original contributions from a broad range of scientific disciplines... more
"The Commens Encyclopedia of Peirce Studies publishes peer-reviewed research articles on C. S. Peirce and work inspired by his thought. The Commens Encyclopedia accepts original contributions from a broad range of scientific disciplines and scholarly perspectives, including (but not restricted to) philosophy, logic, mathematics, cognitive science, semiotics, biology, sociology, anthropology, communication studies, aesthetics, literature, and art studies.
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Research Interests: Semiotics, Cognitive Science, Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy Of Language, and 13 morePhilosophy of Science, Pragmatism, Languages and Linguistics, Philosophy Of Mathematics, Fuzzy Logic, Visual Semiotics, Philosophy of Art, History of Logic, Philosophical Logic, Charles S. Peirce, Philosophy of Logic, Cognitive Linguistics, and History of Philosophy
"(Table of content) p. 1. Introduction: Diagrammatical reasoning and Peircean logic representations João Queiroz, Frederik Stjernfelt p. 5. Images, diagrams, and narratives: Charles S. Peirce's epistemological theory of mental... more
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p. 1. Introduction: Diagrammatical reasoning and Peircean logic representations
João Queiroz, Frederik Stjernfelt
p. 5. Images, diagrams, and narratives: Charles S. Peirce's epistemological theory of mental diagrams
Markus Arnold
p. 21. The fine structure of Peircean ligatures and lines of identity
Robert W. Burch
p. 69. When is a bunch of marks on paper a diagram? Diagrams as homomorphic representations
Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran
p. 89. Ligatures in Peirce's existential graphs
Frithjof Dau
p. 111. Iconic thought and diagrammatical scripture: Peirce and the Leibnizian tradition
Rossella Fabbrichesi
p. 129. Linear notation for existential graphs
Eric Hammer
p. 141. Peircean Algebraic Logic and Peirce's Reduction Thesis
Joachim Hereth, Reinhard Pöschel
p. 169. Remarks on the iconicity and interpretation of existential graphs
Risto Hilpinen
p. 189. Cognitive conditions of diagrammatic reasoning
Michael H. G. Hoffmann
p. 213. External diagrammatization and iconic brain co-evolution
Lorenzo Magnani
p. 239. Computers as medium for mathematical writing
Morten Misfeldt
p. 259. Peircean diagrams of time
Peter Øhrstrøm
p. 275. Space, complementarity, and “diagrammatic reasoning”
Michael Otte
p. 297. Diagrams, iconicity, and abductive discovery
Sami Paavola
p. 315. Moving pictures of thought II: Graphs, games, and pragmaticism's proof
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
p. 333. Peirce's alpha graphs and propositional languages
Sun-Joo Shin
p. 347. Peirce's tutorial on existential graphs
John F. Sowa
p. 395. On operational and optimal iconicity in Peirce's diagrammatology
Frederik Stjernfelt
p. 421. Existential graphs and proofs of pragmaticism
Fernando Zalamea, Jaime Nubiola"
p. 1. Introduction: Diagrammatical reasoning and Peircean logic representations
João Queiroz, Frederik Stjernfelt
p. 5. Images, diagrams, and narratives: Charles S. Peirce's epistemological theory of mental diagrams
Markus Arnold
p. 21. The fine structure of Peircean ligatures and lines of identity
Robert W. Burch
p. 69. When is a bunch of marks on paper a diagram? Diagrams as homomorphic representations
Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran
p. 89. Ligatures in Peirce's existential graphs
Frithjof Dau
p. 111. Iconic thought and diagrammatical scripture: Peirce and the Leibnizian tradition
Rossella Fabbrichesi
p. 129. Linear notation for existential graphs
Eric Hammer
p. 141. Peircean Algebraic Logic and Peirce's Reduction Thesis
Joachim Hereth, Reinhard Pöschel
p. 169. Remarks on the iconicity and interpretation of existential graphs
Risto Hilpinen
p. 189. Cognitive conditions of diagrammatic reasoning
Michael H. G. Hoffmann
p. 213. External diagrammatization and iconic brain co-evolution
Lorenzo Magnani
p. 239. Computers as medium for mathematical writing
Morten Misfeldt
p. 259. Peircean diagrams of time
Peter Øhrstrøm
p. 275. Space, complementarity, and “diagrammatic reasoning”
Michael Otte
p. 297. Diagrams, iconicity, and abductive discovery
Sami Paavola
p. 315. Moving pictures of thought II: Graphs, games, and pragmaticism's proof
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
p. 333. Peirce's alpha graphs and propositional languages
Sun-Joo Shin
p. 347. Peirce's tutorial on existential graphs
John F. Sowa
p. 395. On operational and optimal iconicity in Peirce's diagrammatology
Frederik Stjernfelt
p. 421. Existential graphs and proofs of pragmaticism
Fernando Zalamea, Jaime Nubiola"
Research Interests: Semiotics, Philosophy, Pragmatism, Logic, Graphs Theory, and 36 moreGraph Theory, American Philosophy, Peirce, Visual Semiotics, Diagram understanding, Truth, Diagrammatic Reasoning, Charles S. Peirce, Philosophy of Logic, John Dewey, Richard Rorty, Diagrammatic Knowledge Acquisition, Knowledge Discovery with Diagrams, Process Philosophy (Peirce, Whitehead), Philosophy Of Diagrams, Peirce Pragmaticist Semiotics, Charles Sanders Peirce, Peirce, Charles S., Peircean Semiotics, Diagrammatic Logic, Peircean phenomenology, Knowledge, C.S Peirce, Venn diagrams, Diagrams, C. S. Peirce, Existential Graphs, Belief, Diagrammatic Design, Peircean inference, Inquiry, NeoPragmatism, Diagrammatology, Media and Technology, Pragmatisme, and W. James
"The Commens Papers publishes preprints,reports, and communications that deal with the philosophy, scientific contributions, and life of C. S. Peirce. The Commens Papers are primarily meant for scholarly products that lack other means of... more
"The Commens Papers publishes preprints,reports, and communications that deal with the philosophy, scientific contributions, and life of C. S. Peirce. The Commens Papers are primarily meant for scholarly products that lack other means of publication, but which the author wishes to bring to the attention of the research community. The papers must meet editorial approval, but they are not fully peer reviewed.
The Commens Papers accepts a broad variety of intellectual products in various formats, including:
Conference papers
Manuscripts made available for comments and criticism before submission for peer review
Reports of original research, such as archival research
Catalogues or other systematic summaries of (parts of) Peirce’s writings
Reports from scientific meetings
Lectures, as text, video, or audio
Posters presented at academic conferences"
The Commens Papers accepts a broad variety of intellectual products in various formats, including:
Conference papers
Manuscripts made available for comments and criticism before submission for peer review
Reports of original research, such as archival research
Catalogues or other systematic summaries of (parts of) Peirce’s writings
Reports from scientific meetings
Lectures, as text, video, or audio
Posters presented at academic conferences"
Research Interests:
Table of contents Chapter 1. ‘Genes’ and ‘information’ as conceptual problems; Chapter 2. The problem of the gene; Chapter 3. Biosemiotics and information talk in biology; Chapter 4. Information and semiosis in Peirce’s science of... more
Table of contents
Chapter 1. ‘Genes’ and ‘information’ as conceptual
problems;
Chapter 2. The problem of the gene;
Chapter 3. Biosemiotics and information talk in biology;
Chapter 4. Information and semiosis in Peirce’s science
of signs;
Chapter 5. Some other ideas about information
Chapter 6. A semiotic analysis of genes and genetic
information;
Chapter 7. Emergence of semiosis: A general model;
Chapter 8. Levels of semiosis in the genetic information
system;
Chapter 9. Genes, information, and semiosis.
Chapter 1. ‘Genes’ and ‘information’ as conceptual
problems;
Chapter 2. The problem of the gene;
Chapter 3. Biosemiotics and information talk in biology;
Chapter 4. Information and semiosis in Peirce’s science
of signs;
Chapter 5. Some other ideas about information
Chapter 6. A semiotic analysis of genes and genetic
information;
Chapter 7. Emergence of semiosis: A general model;
Chapter 8. Levels of semiosis in the genetic information
system;
Chapter 9. Genes, information, and semiosis.
Research Interests:
Research Interests: Semiotics, Artificial Intelligence, Pragmatism, American Philosophy, Cultural Semiotics, and 19 moreBiosemiotics, Modeling and Simulation, Numerical Analysis, Charles S. Peirce, John Dewey, Richard Rorty, Semiotics Of Culture, Process Philosophy (Peirce, Whitehead), Computational Mathematics, Charles Sanders Peirce, Peircean phenomenology, Simulation, NeoPragmatism, Media and Technology, Dynamic Systems and Control, Information Technology and System Integration, Optimization Technology, System Modeling and Simulation, and Integration Technology of Automation Systems
Capítulo 1: INTRODUÇÃO Lafayette de Moraes & João Queiroz Capítulo 2: O PENSAMENTO ICÔNICO E DIAGRAMÁTICO NA OBRA DE C.S. PEIRCE Rossella Fabbrichesi Capítulo 3: DIAGRAMAS: UM FOCO PARA UMA EPISTEMOLOGIA PEIRCEANA Frederik... more
Capítulo 1: INTRODUÇÃO
Lafayette de Moraes & João Queiroz
Capítulo 2: O PENSAMENTO ICÔNICO E DIAGRAMÁTICO NA OBRA DE C.S. PEIRCE
Rossella Fabbrichesi
Capítulo 3: DIAGRAMAS: UM FOCO PARA UMA EPISTEMOLOGIA PEIRCEANA
Frederik Stjernfelt
Capítulo 4: GRAFOS, JOGOS E PROVAS DO PRAGMATICISMO
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
Capítulo 5: COGNIÇAO E PENSAMENTO DIAGRAMÁTICO
Michael H.G. Hoffmann
Capítulo 6: UMA INTERPRETAÇÃO AOS SISTEMAS ALFA E BETA DOS GRAFOS EXISTENCIAIS DE C.S.PEIRCE
Risto Hilpinen & Joao Queiroz
Capítulo 7: A = B: UMA VISÃO PEIRCEANA
Michael Otte
Lafayette de Moraes & João Queiroz
Capítulo 2: O PENSAMENTO ICÔNICO E DIAGRAMÁTICO NA OBRA DE C.S. PEIRCE
Rossella Fabbrichesi
Capítulo 3: DIAGRAMAS: UM FOCO PARA UMA EPISTEMOLOGIA PEIRCEANA
Frederik Stjernfelt
Capítulo 4: GRAFOS, JOGOS E PROVAS DO PRAGMATICISMO
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
Capítulo 5: COGNIÇAO E PENSAMENTO DIAGRAMÁTICO
Michael H.G. Hoffmann
Capítulo 6: UMA INTERPRETAÇÃO AOS SISTEMAS ALFA E BETA DOS GRAFOS EXISTENCIAIS DE C.S.PEIRCE
Risto Hilpinen & Joao Queiroz
Capítulo 7: A = B: UMA VISÃO PEIRCEANA
Michael Otte
Research Interests: Pragmatism, Logic, American Philosophy, Peirce, Truth, and 18 moreDiagrammatic Reasoning, Charles S. Peirce, Philosophy of Logic, John Dewey, Richard Rorty, Process Philosophy (Peirce, Whitehead), Pragmatism (Philosophy), Philosophy Of Diagrams, Peirce Pragmaticist Semiotics, Charles Sanders Peirce, Peircean Semiotics, Peircean phenomenology, Knowledge, C.S Peirce, Belief, Inquiry, NeoPragmatism, and Media and Technology
"In this book, our goal is to present the most representative research projects in computational semiotics at the present time. Considering the relevance of the semiotic approach for future developments in artificial intelligence, we... more
"In this book, our goal is to present the most representative research projects in computational semiotics at the present time. Considering the relevance of the semiotic approach for future developments in artificial intelligence, we suggest—and certainly hope—that the collection will be a major contribution to the field. Within the book, we have contributions from philosophers, cognitive scientists, computer scientists, and engineers, all focused on the singular agenda of inquiring how semiotics works with intelligent system techniques in order to create newer and more robust types of intelligent systems. One of the main criticisms of which intelligent systems developers are accused is being naïve in their approaches to the question, “What is intelligence?” Therefore, it is as important to take into
account the philosophy of the mind and to be aware of the issues of that field within current philosophic speculations as it is to develop a practical methodology of the technologies of semiotic intelligent systems.
The book is divided into four parts. Section I: Theoretical Issues includes chapters with a more philosophical tone. Section II: Discussions on Semiotic Intelligent Systems includes chapters that still have a philosophical flavor but move beyond philosophical speculations toward some kind of implementation of intelligent systems. Section III: Semiotics in the Development of Intelligent Systems includes chapters that use semiotics in some sense for the development of an intelligent system. Finally, the fourth part, Semiotic Systems Implementations, includes chapters whose authors claim to be using semiotic concepts in intelligent systems implementation."
account the philosophy of the mind and to be aware of the issues of that field within current philosophic speculations as it is to develop a practical methodology of the technologies of semiotic intelligent systems.
The book is divided into four parts. Section I: Theoretical Issues includes chapters with a more philosophical tone. Section II: Discussions on Semiotic Intelligent Systems includes chapters that still have a philosophical flavor but move beyond philosophical speculations toward some kind of implementation of intelligent systems. Section III: Semiotics in the Development of Intelligent Systems includes chapters that use semiotics in some sense for the development of an intelligent system. Finally, the fourth part, Semiotic Systems Implementations, includes chapters whose authors claim to be using semiotic concepts in intelligent systems implementation."
Research Interests:
"1.The Goose, The Fly, and the Submarine Navigator Alexander Riegler (Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies, Belgium) 2.An Embodied Logical Model for Cognition in Artificial Cognition Systems Guilherme Bittencourt... more
"1.The Goose, The Fly, and the Submarine Navigator
Alexander Riegler (Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies, Belgium)
2.An Embodied Logical Model for Cognition in Artificial Cognition Systems
Guilherme Bittencourt (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil) Jerusa Marchi (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil)
3.Modeling Field Theory of Higher Cognitive Functions
Leonid Perlovsky (Air Force Research Center, USA)
4.Reconstructing Human Intelligence within Computational Sciences
Gerd Doeben-Henisch (University of Applied Sciences Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
5.Stratified Constraint Satissfaction Networks in Synergetic Multi-Agent Simulations of Language Evolution
Alexander Mehler (Bielefeld University, Germany)
6.Language Evolution and Robotics
Paul Vogt (University of Edinburgh, UK and Tilburg University, The Netherlands)
7.Evolutionary Robotics as a Tool to Investigate Spatial Cognition in Artificial and Natural Systems
Michela Ponticorvo (University of Calabria, Italy) Richard Walker (XiWrite s.a.s., Italy) Orazio Miglino (University of Naples "Frederico II", Italy)
8.The Meaningful Body
Willem Haselager (Raboud University, The Netherlands) Maria Gonzalez (UNESP, Brazil)
9.Making Meaning in Computers
Bruce MacLennan (University of Tennessee, USA)
10.Environmental Variability and the Emergence of Meaning
Patrick Grim (State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA)
Trina Kokalis (State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA)
11.Mimetic Minds
Lorenzo Magnani (University of Pavia, Italy)
12. First Steps in Experimental Phenomenology
Roberto Poli (University of Trento, Italy)"
Alexander Riegler (Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies, Belgium)
2.An Embodied Logical Model for Cognition in Artificial Cognition Systems
Guilherme Bittencourt (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil) Jerusa Marchi (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil)
3.Modeling Field Theory of Higher Cognitive Functions
Leonid Perlovsky (Air Force Research Center, USA)
4.Reconstructing Human Intelligence within Computational Sciences
Gerd Doeben-Henisch (University of Applied Sciences Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
5.Stratified Constraint Satissfaction Networks in Synergetic Multi-Agent Simulations of Language Evolution
Alexander Mehler (Bielefeld University, Germany)
6.Language Evolution and Robotics
Paul Vogt (University of Edinburgh, UK and Tilburg University, The Netherlands)
7.Evolutionary Robotics as a Tool to Investigate Spatial Cognition in Artificial and Natural Systems
Michela Ponticorvo (University of Calabria, Italy) Richard Walker (XiWrite s.a.s., Italy) Orazio Miglino (University of Naples "Frederico II", Italy)
8.The Meaningful Body
Willem Haselager (Raboud University, The Netherlands) Maria Gonzalez (UNESP, Brazil)
9.Making Meaning in Computers
Bruce MacLennan (University of Tennessee, USA)
10.Environmental Variability and the Emergence of Meaning
Patrick Grim (State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA)
Trina Kokalis (State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA)
11.Mimetic Minds
Lorenzo Magnani (University of Pavia, Italy)
12. First Steps in Experimental Phenomenology
Roberto Poli (University of Trento, Italy)"
Research Interests:
Conta-capa: ‘João Queiroz oferece um tratado sobre os signos e seus tipos, suas inter-relações, suas modelizações, e sua acessibilidade à pesquisa empírica com uma sofisticação que dificilmente vamos encontrar em qualquer língua, de... more
Conta-capa: ‘João Queiroz oferece um tratado sobre os signos e seus tipos, suas inter-relações, suas modelizações, e sua acessibilidade à pesquisa empírica com uma sofisticação que dificilmente vamos encontrar em qualquer língua, de qualquer tradição acadêmica. [...] Ele desenvolve uma lógica heterogênea seguindo as notações e o pensamento de C.S. Peirce, com um toque profundo de originalidade como ninguém. E como se isto não fosse suficiente, tudo fica demarcado dentro de uma meditação sobre uma neurobiologia da semiose, e a base da comunicação entre primatas não-humanas. [...] Eu, de fato, estou maravilhado com a abordagem rigorosamente argumentada deste volume. Deve ser leitura indispensável para o pesquisador da filosofia de Peirce, do pragmatismo, das ciências cognitivas, e da semiótica em seu sentido mais amplo.
Floyd Merrell (Purdue University)
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Trechos extraídos do Prefácio: ‘Este livro de João Queiroz é, sobretudo, um livro necessário. Dependendo da identidade do leitor, poderá ainda ser didático ou herético, e para outros será apenas lógico. Nem mesmo para os diletos colaboradores de João haverá leitura sem surpresas, pois o caminho percorrido é tão único quanto o próprio autor. [...] Tomados em conjunto, os capítulos deste livro percorrem a distância que vai do pergaminho à idéia nova, desmistificando e atualizando Peirce com vistas a uma grande síntese neurosemiótica. Evidentemente as direções apontadas neste livro estão ainda por serem exploradas, e é nisso mesmo que reside sua força: mais do que prover respostas, este trabalho abre portas para novas perguntas.’
Sidarta Ribeiro (IINN, Natal; Duke University)
Floyd Merrell (Purdue University)
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Trechos extraídos do Prefácio: ‘Este livro de João Queiroz é, sobretudo, um livro necessário. Dependendo da identidade do leitor, poderá ainda ser didático ou herético, e para outros será apenas lógico. Nem mesmo para os diletos colaboradores de João haverá leitura sem surpresas, pois o caminho percorrido é tão único quanto o próprio autor. [...] Tomados em conjunto, os capítulos deste livro percorrem a distância que vai do pergaminho à idéia nova, desmistificando e atualizando Peirce com vistas a uma grande síntese neurosemiótica. Evidentemente as direções apontadas neste livro estão ainda por serem exploradas, e é nisso mesmo que reside sua força: mais do que prover respostas, este trabalho abre portas para novas perguntas.’
Sidarta Ribeiro (IINN, Natal; Duke University)
Research Interests: Semiotics, Pragmatism, American Philosophy, Cognition, Peirce, and 14 moreVisual Semiotics, Symbolic Interaction, Biosemiotics, Charles S. Peirce, John Dewey, Richard Rorty, Process Philosophy (Peirce, Whitehead), Pragmatics, Philosophy of Language and communication, Peirce Pragmaticist Semiotics, Charles Sanders Peirce, Peircean Semiotics, Peircean phenomenology, NeoPragmatism, and Media and Technology
[...] The reader will find here a collection of papers that present, from different perspectives, an attempt to relate semiotics and cognitive science with linguistics, logic, and philosophy of biology. As a first broad account of those... more
[...] The reader will find here a collection of papers that present, from different perspectives, an attempt to relate semiotics and cognitive science with linguistics, logic, and philosophy of biology. As a first broad account of those subjects, it does not specifi cally focus on or privilege any of the different approaches that have been proposed up to now, but instead gives the reader the opportunity to consider the various directions and topics of research that emerge from such relations.
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Research Interests:
Index: > Joao Queiroz and Floyd Merrell Abduction: Between subjectivity and objectivity > Douglas R. Anderson The esthetic attitude of abduction > Susan Petrilli The semiotic universe of abduction: Abduction and learning processes >... more
Index:
> Joao Queiroz and Floyd Merrell
Abduction: Between subjectivity and objectivity
> Douglas R. Anderson
The esthetic attitude of abduction
> Susan Petrilli
The semiotic universe of abduction: Abduction and learning processes
> Donald J. Cunningham, Ana Baratta, and Amber Esping
Masters of our own meaning
> Virgınia Dazzani
Learning and abduction
> Floyd Merrell
Shouldn’t we be surprised that we are not surprised when we should be surprised?
> Christopher Hookway
Interrogatives and uncontrollable abductions
> Jaime Nubiola
Abduction or the logic of surprise?
> Sami Paavola
Peircean abduction: Instinct or inference?
> Augusto Ponzio
Dialogic gradation in the logic of interpretation: Deduction, induction, abduction
> Lucia Santaella
Abduction: The logic of guessing
> Uwe Wirth
Abductive reasoning in Peirce’s and Davidson’s account of interpretation
> Christiane Chauvire
Peirce, Popper, abduction, and the idea of a logic of discovery
> Phyllis Chiasson
Abduction as an aspect of retroduction
> Giovanni Maddalena
Abduction and metaphysical realism
> Lorenzo Magnani
An abductive theory of scientific reasoning
> Solomon Marcus
Abduction: The double change
> Sandra Rosenthal
Peircean Phaneroscopy: The pervasive role of abduction
> Patricia Turrisi
The abduction in deduction and the deduction in abduction: Remarks on mixed reasonings
> Maria Eunice Quilici Gonzalez and Willem (Pim) Ferdinand Gerardus Haselager
Creativity: Surprise and abductive reasoning
> Artemis Moroni, Jonatas Manzolli, and Fernando J. Von Zuben
Artificial abduction: A cumulative evolutionary process
> Atocha Aliseda
The logic of abduction in the light of Peirce’s pragmatism
> Juan Magarinos de Morentin
Performance of abduction in the interpretation of visual images
> Claudine Tiercelin
Abduction and the semiotics of perception
> Vincent Colapietro
Conjectures concerning an uncertain faculty claimed for humans
> Geert-Jan M. Kruij
Peirce’s late theory of abduction: A comprehensive account
> Nathan Houser
The scent of truth
> Joao Queiroz and Floyd Merrell
Abduction: Between subjectivity and objectivity
> Douglas R. Anderson
The esthetic attitude of abduction
> Susan Petrilli
The semiotic universe of abduction: Abduction and learning processes
> Donald J. Cunningham, Ana Baratta, and Amber Esping
Masters of our own meaning
> Virgınia Dazzani
Learning and abduction
> Floyd Merrell
Shouldn’t we be surprised that we are not surprised when we should be surprised?
> Christopher Hookway
Interrogatives and uncontrollable abductions
> Jaime Nubiola
Abduction or the logic of surprise?
> Sami Paavola
Peircean abduction: Instinct or inference?
> Augusto Ponzio
Dialogic gradation in the logic of interpretation: Deduction, induction, abduction
> Lucia Santaella
Abduction: The logic of guessing
> Uwe Wirth
Abductive reasoning in Peirce’s and Davidson’s account of interpretation
> Christiane Chauvire
Peirce, Popper, abduction, and the idea of a logic of discovery
> Phyllis Chiasson
Abduction as an aspect of retroduction
> Giovanni Maddalena
Abduction and metaphysical realism
> Lorenzo Magnani
An abductive theory of scientific reasoning
> Solomon Marcus
Abduction: The double change
> Sandra Rosenthal
Peircean Phaneroscopy: The pervasive role of abduction
> Patricia Turrisi
The abduction in deduction and the deduction in abduction: Remarks on mixed reasonings
> Maria Eunice Quilici Gonzalez and Willem (Pim) Ferdinand Gerardus Haselager
Creativity: Surprise and abductive reasoning
> Artemis Moroni, Jonatas Manzolli, and Fernando J. Von Zuben
Artificial abduction: A cumulative evolutionary process
> Atocha Aliseda
The logic of abduction in the light of Peirce’s pragmatism
> Juan Magarinos de Morentin
Performance of abduction in the interpretation of visual images
> Claudine Tiercelin
Abduction and the semiotics of perception
> Vincent Colapietro
Conjectures concerning an uncertain faculty claimed for humans
> Geert-Jan M. Kruij
Peirce’s late theory of abduction: A comprehensive account
> Nathan Houser
The scent of truth
Research Interests: Creative Writing, Semiotics, Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind, Creativity studies, and 12 moreKnowledge & Creativity Management, Creativity, Subjectivities, Creativity and Consciousness, Symbolic Interaction, Cognitive Semiotics, Charles S. Peirce, Causal Inference, Abduction, Semiotica, Abductive Inference, and Abductive Reasoning
Description: The International Journal of Signs and Semiotic Systems (IJSSS) combines interdisciplinary approaches on theoretical, empirical, formal, and computational research that contributes to the design and synthesis of semiotic... more
Description: The International Journal of Signs and Semiotic Systems (IJSSS) combines interdisciplinary approaches on theoretical, empirical, formal, and computational research that contributes to the design and synthesis of semiotic systems, including biological evidence and evolutionary and philosophical frameworks. This journal publishes original research on the design, analysis, and synthesis of semiotic processes in biological and artificial systems and encompasses technological applications on computational modeling of semiotic production, computing, interpretation, and communication. Articles included in this publication present comparative approaches to semiotic processes including evolutionary, synthetic and analytic perspectives.
Research Interests:
This S.E.E.D. Special Issue puts together researchers from many fields to address some important questions: What are semiotic and symbolic processes? What is a semiotic machine? What kind of theoretical and empirical constraints must we... more
This S.E.E.D. Special Issue puts together researchers from many fields to address some important questions: What are semiotic and symbolic processes? What is a semiotic machine? What kind of theoretical and empirical constraints must we consider to simulate semiosis? Can an evolutionary computational approach to semiosis reveal the mechanisms involved in symbolic competence emergence and performance? Is the semiotic behaviour an emergent property resulting from the dynamical interaction between an embodied creature and the environment? How can higher level semiotic processes can emerge from lower level ones?
This Issue is the outcome of the II Workshop on Computational Intelligence and Semiotics, happened in August 2002, at Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brasil. The meeting was supported by the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), and was sponsored by CAPES, FAPESP, and Itaú Cultural. The workshop organization format privileged open discussion and debate from theoretical issues to applied intelligent system software implementations. Researchers from computer science (Tom Ziemke), engineering (Leandro de Castro, Ricardo Gudwin, Ângelo Loula), cognitive science (Pim Haselager, Maria Eunice Gonzalez), neuroscience (Sidarta Ribeiro, Ivan Araújo), philosophy (Andre De Tienne, Joseph Ransdell), computational linguistics (Alexander Mehler), linguistics and semiotics (Winfried Noth, Lucia Santaella, João Queiroz) were invited. (....)
This Issue is the outcome of the II Workshop on Computational Intelligence and Semiotics, happened in August 2002, at Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brasil. The meeting was supported by the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), and was sponsored by CAPES, FAPESP, and Itaú Cultural. The workshop organization format privileged open discussion and debate from theoretical issues to applied intelligent system software implementations. Researchers from computer science (Tom Ziemke), engineering (Leandro de Castro, Ricardo Gudwin, Ângelo Loula), cognitive science (Pim Haselager, Maria Eunice Gonzalez), neuroscience (Sidarta Ribeiro, Ivan Araújo), philosophy (Andre De Tienne, Joseph Ransdell), computational linguistics (Alexander Mehler), linguistics and semiotics (Winfried Noth, Lucia Santaella, João Queiroz) were invited. (....)
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Intersemiotic translation (IT) can be described as a cognitive artifact designed to distribute artistic creativity. Cognitive artifacts are part of material and cultural niches of human cognition. They have different forms and can be used... more
Intersemiotic translation (IT) can be described as a cognitive artifact designed to distribute artistic creativity. Cognitive artifacts are part of material and cultural niches of human cognition. They have different forms and can be used in many different activities. Their varied morphol- ogy includes “material and mental” structures (Norman 1993), “designed for and opportunistic” entities (Hutchins 1999), and “transparent and opaque” processes (Clark 2004). For several authors, cognition is full of cognitive artifacts; even more radically, cognition is a network of artifacts. For many artists, intersemiotic translation is one of these tools, but what is its ontological nature, and how does intersemiotic translation work? As an augmented intelligence technique, intersemiotic translation works as a generative model, providing new, unexpected, surprising data in the target system and affording competing results that allow the system to generate candidate instances. To describe this process, we introduce a model of intersemiotic translation based on Peirce’s mature semeiotic.
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¿Cómo proporcionar un lugar de observación para la noción formal de semiosis? Hemos sugerido que las nociones de nicho y artefacto son especialmente capaces de actualizar la tesis, formulada por Peirce, de que no se puede pensar sin... more
¿Cómo proporcionar un lugar de observación para la noción formal de semiosis? Hemos sugerido que las nociones de nicho y artefacto son especialmente capaces de actualizar la tesis, formulada por Peirce, de que no se puede pensar sin signos externos, asociándola con nuevos métodos y resultados empíricos y teóricos. En este artículo, presentamos la noción de nicho de artefactos semióticos. En nuestro enfoque, la cognición es semiosis, la acción de los signos, en un proceso que toma la forma de construcción de nichos. En comparación con la noción actual de artefacto, los artefactos semióticos son procesos semióticos, signos en acción. Los nichos de artefactos semióticos son espacios estructurados de condiciones fundamentales para la estabilidad de la semiosis, como la situacionalidad (co-ubicación) y la distribución temporal entre comunidades de agentes, artefactos, y sus entornos. Los nichos de artefactos semióticos ofrecen condiciones para el surgimiento del hábito y la sorpresa en la semiosis / cognición. Esta línea de investigación sugiere una semiótica cognitiva basada en relaciones dinámicas, distribuidas y emergentes.
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Article abstract According to Peirce’s pragmatic semiotics, meaning (semiosis) is not an infused concept, but a power to engender interpretants. Semiosis is a triadic, context-sensitive (situated), interpreter-dependent (dialogic),... more
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According to Peirce’s pragmatic semiotics, meaning (semiosis) is not an infused concept, but a power to engender interpretants. Semiosis is a triadic, context-sensitive (situated), interpreter-dependent (dialogic), materially extended (embodied and distributed) dynamic process. Although meaning is context-sensitive and materially extended, its locus is not well-captured by the notion of an environment. Inspired by biological concepts, we suggest the locus of meaning to be a niche. Here, we develop a semiotic account of musical meaning that emphasizes the location of musical signs in semiotic niches.
According to Peirce’s pragmatic semiotics, meaning (semiosis) is not an infused concept, but a power to engender interpretants. Semiosis is a triadic, context-sensitive (situated), interpreter-dependent (dialogic), materially extended (embodied and distributed) dynamic process. Although meaning is context-sensitive and materially extended, its locus is not well-captured by the notion of an environment. Inspired by biological concepts, we suggest the locus of meaning to be a niche. Here, we develop a semiotic account of musical meaning that emphasizes the location of musical signs in semiotic niches.
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Many authors have defined artworks as artifacts, objects intentionally manufactured or modified for a certain purpose. Here, artworks are not physical things, but external semiotic processes (semioses). Treating artworks as signs-inaction... more
Many authors have defined artworks as artifacts, objects intentionally manufactured or modified for a certain purpose. Here, artworks are not physical things, but external semiotic processes (semioses). Treating artworks as signs-inaction suggests that their ontology has to account for semiotic properties, such as temporal distribution, future-orientedness, emergence, self-organization, and distributed agency. We examine authorship of artworks from a process semiotics perspective. This implies a spatiotemporally distributed notion of authorship. Authorship itself can be viewed as a distributed and external legisign-inaction , which is irreducible to particular events and properties of individual subjects. An author is not a causal originator of authorship, but a locus of the action of the authorship sign. Strict application of Peirce's triadic model of semiosis should modify the ontological status of hypothetical entities such as "author", "artifact", "intention", "artwork", reorganizing the metaphysical picture of the phenomenon in terms of temporally-distributed, emergent and self-organized processes.
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This chapter presents an approach to intersemiotic translation (IT) based on Peircean semiotics and distributed cognition, according to which, IT is: semiosis (sign in action); a dynamic process; and a cognitive artefact that is... more
This chapter presents an approach to intersemiotic translation (IT) based on Peircean semiotics and distributed cognition, according to which, IT is: semiosis (sign in action); a dynamic process; and a cognitive artefact that is metasemiotic, generative, and anticipatory. Two examples of IT are presented: from Anton von Webern's music to Augusto de Campos' concrete poetry (Poetamenos); from one-point perspective in painting and architecture to dance in classic ballet.
Here we describe Peircean post-1903 semiosis as a processualist conception of meaning, and relate it to contemporary active externalism in Philosophy of Cognitive Science, especially through the notion of cognitive niche construction. In... more
Here we describe Peircean post-1903 semiosis as a processualist conception of meaning, and relate it to contemporary active externalism in Philosophy of Cognitive Science, especially through the notion of cognitive niche construction. In particular, we shall consider the possibility of integrating (a) the understanding of "semiosis as process" within Peirce's mature semiotics with (b) an elaboration of the concept of cognitive niche from the point of view of niche construction theory and process biology research.
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Differently from the anti-cartesianism defended by some embodied- situated cognitive scientists, which is predominantly antirepresentationalist, for C. S. Peirce, mind is semiosis (sign-action) in a dialogical form, and cognition is the... more
Differently from the anti-cartesianism defended by some embodied- situated cognitive scientists, which is predominantly antirepresentationalist, for C. S. Peirce, mind is semiosis (sign-action) in a dialogical form, and cognition is the development of available semiotic material artifacts in which it is embodied as a power to produce interpretants (sign-effects). It takes the form of development of semiotic artifacts, such as writing tools, instruments of observation, notational systems, languages, and so forth. Our objective in this paper is to explore the connection between a semiotic theory of mind and the conception of situatedness and extended mind through the notions of iconicity and abductive inference, taking advantage of an empirical example of investigation in distributed problem solving (Tower of Hanoi).
Research Interests: Cognitive Science, Creative Problem Solving, Distributed Cognition, Problem solving (Education), Extended Mind, and 7 moreCharles S. Peirce, Problem-Based Learning, Peircean Semiotics, Abductive Reasoning, Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Abductive Reasoning: Logical Investigations into Discovery and Explanation, and Pensamiento Abductivo
In this article we approach a case of intersemiotic translation as a paradigmatic example of Boden's 'transformational creativity' category. To develop our argument, we consider Boden's fundamental notion of 'conceptual space' as a... more
In this article we approach a case of intersemiotic translation as a paradigmatic example of Boden's 'transformational creativity' category. To develop our argument, we consider Boden's fundamental notion of 'conceptual space' as a regular pattern of semiotic action, or 'habit' (sensu Peirce). We exemplify with Gertrude Stein's intersemiotic translation of Cézanne and Picasso's proto-cubist and cubist paintings. The results of Stein's IT transform the conceptual space of modern literature, constraining it towards new patterns of semiosis. Our association of Boden's framework to describe a cognitive creative phenomenon with a philosophically robust theory of meaning results in a cogni-tive semiotic account of IT.
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Starting from an analysis of two diagrams for 10 classes of signs designed by Peirce in 1903 and 1908 (CP 2.264 and 8.376), this paper sets forth the basis for a diagrammatic understanding of all kinds of classifications based on his... more
Starting from an analysis of two diagrams for 10 classes of signs designed by Peirce in 1903 and 1908 (CP 2.264 and 8.376), this paper sets forth the basis for a diagrammatic understanding of all kinds of classifications based on his triadic model of a sign. Our main argument is that it is possible to observe a common pattern in the arrangement of Peirce’s diagrams of 3-trichotomic classes, and that this pattern should be extended for the design of diagrams for any n-trichotomic classification of signs. Once this is done, it is possible to diagrammatically compare the conflicting claims done by Peircean scholars regarding the divisions of signs into 28, and specially into 66 classes. We believe that the most important aspect of this research is the proposal of a consolidated tool for the analysis of any kind of sign structure within the context of Peirce’s classifications of signs.
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The icon is the type of sign connected to efficient representational features, and its manipulation reveals more information about its object. The London Underground Diagram (LUD) is an iconic artifact and a well-known example of... more
The icon is the type of sign connected to efficient representational features, and its manipulation reveals more information about its object. The London Underground Diagram (LUD) is an iconic artifact and a well-known example of representational efficiency, having been copied by urban transportation systems worldwide. This paper investigates the efficiency of the LUD in the light of different conceptions of iconicity. We stress that a specialized representation is an icon of the formal structure of the problem for which it has been specialized. By embedding such rules of action and behavior, the icon acts as a semiotic artifact distributing cognitive effort and participating in niche construction.
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Semiosis can be described as an emergent self-organizing process in a complex system of distributed sign users interacting locally and mutually affecting each other. Contextually grounded, semiosis is characterized as a pattern that... more
Semiosis can be described as an emergent self-organizing process in a complex system of distributed sign users interacting locally and mutually affecting each other. Contextually grounded, semiosis is characterized as a pattern that emerges through the cooperation between agents in a communication act, which concerns an utterer, a sign, and an interpreter. Some implications of this approach are explored in the context of Artificial Life experimental protocols. To model communication as a self-organized process, the authors create a scenario to investigate a potentially self-organizing dynamic of communication, via local interactions. According to the results, a systemic process (symbol-based communication) emerges as a global pattern (a common repertoire of signs) from local interactions, without any external or central control.
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A prosa de Gertrude Stein surge de um denso diálogo com o cubismo de Cézanne e Picasso, e com o “fluxo do pensamento” de William James. Parte, entretanto, da crítica insiste em interpretar os efeitos da repetição como redundância, razão... more
A prosa de Gertrude Stein surge de um denso diálogo com o cubismo de Cézanne e Picasso, e com o “fluxo do pensamento” de William James. Parte, entretanto, da crítica insiste em interpretar os efeitos da repetição como redundância, razão de seu maior “defeito”, e a “não figuratividade” de suas experiências
como abstração do referente, cuja implicação imediata é sua “perda”. Para abordar a prosa de Stein, dois grandes tópicos (não excludentes) devem ser melhor explorados: a relação dos experimentos mais radicais com o cubismo analítico; duas das principais propriedades do “fluxo do pensamento”, continuidade
e mudança, e suas consequências.
como abstração do referente, cuja implicação imediata é sua “perda”. Para abordar a prosa de Stein, dois grandes tópicos (não excludentes) devem ser melhor explorados: a relação dos experimentos mais radicais com o cubismo analítico; duas das principais propriedades do “fluxo do pensamento”, continuidade
e mudança, e suas consequências.
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Gertrude Stein is considered one of the most radical literary experimentalists of twentieth-century literature. Stein’s main innovations are related to syntax deformation and space-time perception. Here we focus on how repetition and time... more
Gertrude Stein is considered one of the most radical literary experimentalists of twentieth-century literature. Stein’s main innovations are related to syntax deformation and space-time perception. Here we focus on how repetition and time in Stein’s work are intersemiotically translated in two contemporary dance pieces Always Now Slowly (2010, by Lars Dahl Pedersen) and, e [dez episodios sobre a prosa topovisual de gertrude stein] (2008, by Joao Queiroz, Daniella Aguiar, and Rita Aquino).
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Em seu romance de estreia, Gustave Flaubert fez uso de recursos estilísticos e estratégias narrativas que transformaram Madame Bovary em um dos mais importantes textos da narrativa moderna. Há diversas adaptações cinematográficas desta... more
Em seu romance de estreia, Gustave Flaubert fez uso de recursos estilísticos e estratégias narrativas que transformaram Madame Bovary em um dos mais importantes textos da narrativa moderna. Há diversas adaptações cinematográficas desta obra, certamente devido a sua importância e a seu enorme sucesso. A questão que trataremos neste artigo está relacionada à transposição de certos aspectos da escritura de Flaubert, e do contexto de sua obra, para adaptações cinematográficas dirigidas por Jean Renoir e Claude Chabrol.
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Intersemiotic translation was defined by Roman Jakobson (2000 [1959]: 114) as ‘transmutation of signs’ – ‘an interpretation of verbal signs by means of signs of non verbal sign systems’. Despite its theoretical relevance, and in spite of... more
Intersemiotic translation was defined by Roman Jakobson (2000 [1959]: 114) as ‘transmutation of signs’ – ‘an interpretation of verbal signs by means of signs of non verbal sign systems’. Despite its theoretical relevance, and in spite of the frequence in which it is practiced, the phenomenon remains virtually unexplored in terms of conceptual modeling, especially from a semiotic perspective. Our approach is based on two premisses: (i) intersemiotic translation is fundamentally a semiotic operation process (semiosis); (ii) intersemiotic translation is a deeply iconic dependent process. We exemplifly our approach by means of literature to dance intersemiotic translation and we explore some implications for the development of a general model of intersemiotic translation.
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The skin can be described as a niche structured by semiotic artefacts (tattoos) that work as symbolic–indexical devices (dicisigns). New biocompatible technologies responsive to organic and environmental variations change the role of the... more
The skin can be described as a niche structured by semiotic artefacts (tattoos) that work as symbolic–indexical devices (dicisigns). New biocompatible technologies responsive to organic and environmental variations change the role of the skin as a semiotic niche. New devices are transforming the skin into a niche of interactive interfaces. In this article we introduce a variety of techno-scientific artefacts, which are readily available, and their main characteristics. We are interested in the recent proliferation of devices based on biotechnologies that can be coupled to the body, especially epithelial (superficial or invasive), and how they change what we know as ‘embodied communication’.
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A Poética de ‘Os Sertões’ (2010) revela uma complexa urdidura, de natureza subliminar, na prosa de Euclides da Cunha. Augusto de Campos, num trabalho de 1997 (reeditado em 2010), retoma e amplia o «projeto de prospeção» pioneiro de... more
A Poética de ‘Os Sertões’ (2010) revela uma complexa urdidura, de natureza subliminar, na prosa de Euclides da Cunha. Augusto de Campos, num trabalho de 1997 (reeditado em 2010), retoma e amplia o «projeto de prospeção» pioneiro de Guilherme de Almeida, publicado originalmente em 1946, sobre
Os Sertões, e revela novas estruturas, deca e dodecassilábicas, "mal escondidas" sob a prosa de Euclides. (............)
Os Sertões, e revela novas estruturas, deca e dodecassilábicas, "mal escondidas" sob a prosa de Euclides. (............)
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Uma seção da Gramática Especulativa de C.S.Peirce – Dez classes de signos – recebeu, a partir de 1903, um importante tratamento diagramático. Neste artigo, são apresentados e discutidos dois diagramas desenvolvidos por Peirce para as dez... more
Uma seção da Gramática Especulativa de C.S.Peirce – Dez classes de signos – recebeu, a partir de 1903, um importante tratamento diagramático. Neste artigo, são apresentados e discutidos dois diagramas desenvolvidos por Peirce para as dez classes, incluindo esboços desses modelos.
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[...] Here, the reader will find contributions on a wide range of topics, from detailed investigations into Peirce’s systems to general surveys of the role of diagrams in reasoning processes: Alpha, Beta, and Gamma systems, Reasoning with... more
[...] Here, the reader will find contributions on a wide range of topics, from detailed investigations into Peirce’s systems to general surveys of the role of diagrams in reasoning processes: Alpha, Beta, and Gamma systems, Reasoning with Peircean graphs, Diagrams in Peirce’s theory of cognition, Pragmatism and existential graphs, Philosophical concerns about Peircean diagrams, Existential graphs and conceptual graphs, Graphical logic representations, and Diagrammatic reasoning. We hope the reasonings in this special issue will contribute to the further development of diagrams, and of Peircean scholarship in general.
Research Interests: Semiotics, Computer Science, Philosophy, Logic, Philosophy Of Mathematics, and 14 moreGraph Theory, Visual Semiotics, Diagram understanding, Diagrammatic Reasoning, Philosophical Logic, Charles S. Peirce, Philosophy of Logic, Diagrammatic Knowledge Acquisition, Knowledge Discovery with Diagrams, Philosophy Of Diagrams, Peircean Semiotics, Diagrammatic Logic, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, and Diagrammatology
Few semioticians have approached Peirce’s extended typologies of signs (10 and 66 classes of signs), developed from 1903, which still seems obscure, structurally intricate and hard to apply to empirical phenomena. To make things worse,... more
Few semioticians have approached Peirce’s extended typologies of signs (10 and 66 classes of signs), developed from 1903, which still seems obscure, structurally intricate and hard to apply to empirical phenomena. To make things worse, there remains a tendency to think that the extended typologies are extravagant and unproductive conceptual tools. My argument here suggests something different. Such classifications should be considered as an important advancement with respect to the task of empirically modeling the morphological variety of signs, and they constitute one of the most important topics of Peirce’s mature semiotics.1 My main assumption here is simple: the morphological space of semiotic events and processes in which biosemiotic systems are embedded always include intermediary and mixed classes of signs (e.g., proto-symbols).
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Abstract Against the view that symbol-based semiosis is a human cognitive uniqueness, we have argued that non-human primates such as African vervet monkeys possess symbolic competence, as formally defined by Charles S. Peirce. Here I... more
Abstract Against the view that symbol-based semiosis is a human cognitive uniqueness, we have argued that non-human primates such as African vervet monkeys possess symbolic competence, as formally defined by Charles S. Peirce. Here I develop this argument by showing that the equivocal role ascribed to symbols by “folk semiotics” stems from an incomplete application of the Peircean logical framework for the classification of signs, which describes three kinds of symbols: rheme, dicent and argument. In an attempt to advance in the classifying semiotic processes, Peirce proposed several typologies, with different degrees of refinement. Around 1903, he developed a division into ten classes. According to this typology, symbols can be further analysed in three subclasses (rheme, dicent, argument). I proceed to demonstrate that vervet monkeys employ dicent symbols. There are remarkable implications of this argument since ‘symbolic species theory’ fails to explore the vast Peircean semiotic philosophy to frame questions regarding the emergence and evolution of symbolic processes.
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Neste capítulo, nós apresentamos os sistemas Alfa e Beta dos Grafos Existenciais (GE). Antes, introduzimos alguns tópicos da Gramática Especulativa de Peirce, as noções de ícone, símbolo, e suas subdivisões em símbolos remáticos e... more
Neste capítulo, nós apresentamos os sistemas Alfa e Beta dos Grafos Existenciais (GE). Antes, introduzimos alguns tópicos da Gramática Especulativa de Peirce, as noções de ícone, símbolo, e suas subdivisões em símbolos remáticos e dicentes. Em seguida, abordamos a estrutura semiótica da proposição lógica, para então introduzirmos os sistemas Alfa e Beta, suas estruturas gráficas e sintaxe de transformações. A leitura deste capítulo prevê um leitor que possui: alguma familiaridade com as operações do cálculo sentencial clássico e com os quantificadores da lógica de primeira ordem.
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The classifications of signs are among the most important topics of Peirce’s theory of signs. The 10 classes of signs were developed from 1903 and represent an important refinement of the fundamental division of signs into icons, indexes,... more
The classifications of signs are among the most important topics of Peirce’s theory of signs. The 10 classes of signs were developed from 1903 and represent an important refinement of the fundamental division of signs into icons, indexes, and symbols. In this paper we present two diagrammatic models for 10 classes, proposed by Peirce, and an interpretation of the reasoning behind
their development, based on the analysis of preparatory versions of these.
models.
their development, based on the analysis of preparatory versions of these.
models.
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Neste trabalho, traduzimos intersemioticamente o poema ‘O Poeta Comedor de Leões no Covil de Pedra’ (施氏食獅史, em chinês tradicional) de Chao Yuen Ren. A tradução do poema partiu de um exame direto do texto, em duas versões chinesas, e... more
Neste trabalho, traduzimos intersemioticamente
o poema ‘O Poeta Comedor
de Leões no Covil de Pedra’ (施氏食獅史, em
chinês tradicional) de Chao Yuen Ren. A
tradução do poema partiu de um exame direto
do texto, em duas versões chinesas, e da
comparação com duas traduções (ao inglês e
ao francês) dele, ambas de caráter cognitivodiscursivo.
O resultado, uma série de imagens
baseadas em um pequeno acervo de
componentes gráfico-cromáticos, se deteve
na sucessão temporal dos eventos. A sequência
de cortes abruptos e a estrutura rítmica
variável tentam compensar a perda mais significativa
do signo-fonte traduzido que é a
ambiguidade baseada nas variações tonais da
mesma unidade fonêmica.
o poema ‘O Poeta Comedor
de Leões no Covil de Pedra’ (施氏食獅史, em
chinês tradicional) de Chao Yuen Ren. A
tradução do poema partiu de um exame direto
do texto, em duas versões chinesas, e da
comparação com duas traduções (ao inglês e
ao francês) dele, ambas de caráter cognitivodiscursivo.
O resultado, uma série de imagens
baseadas em um pequeno acervo de
componentes gráfico-cromáticos, se deteve
na sucessão temporal dos eventos. A sequência
de cortes abruptos e a estrutura rítmica
variável tentam compensar a perda mais significativa
do signo-fonte traduzido que é a
ambiguidade baseada nas variações tonais da
mesma unidade fonêmica.
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Differently from the anti-cartesianism defended by some embodied-situated cognitive scientists, which is predominantly anti-representationalist, for C. S. Peirce, mind is semiosis (sign-action) in a dialogical form, and cognition is the... more
Differently from the anti-cartesianism defended by some embodied-situated cognitive scientists, which is predominantly anti-representationalist, for C. S. Peirce, mind is semiosis (sign-action) in a dialogical form, and cognition is the development of available semiotic material artifacts in which it is embodied as a power to produce interpretants (sign-effects). It takes the form of development of semiotic artifacts, such as writing tools, instruments of observation, notational systems, languages, and so forth. Our objective in this paper is to explore the connection between a semiotic theory of mind and the conception of situatedness and extended mind through the notions of iconicity and abductive inference, taking advantage of an empirical example of investigation in distributed problem solving (Tower of Hanoi).
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This paper explores Victoria Welby’s fundamental assumption of meaning process (“semiosis” sensu Peirce) as translation, and some implications for the development of a general model of intersemiotic translation.
Research Interests: Translation Studies, Intermediality, Translation theory, Intermedia, Translation of Poetry, and 10 moreCharles S. Peirce, Process Philosophy (Peirce, Whitehead), Peirce Pragmaticist Semiotics, Translation and Interpretation, Translation, Audiovisual Translation, Peircean Semiotics, Literary translation, Intersemiotic Translation, and Victoria Welby
Based on formal-theoretical principles about the sign processes involved, we have built synthetic experiments to investigate the emergence of communication based on symbols and indexes in a distributed system of sign users, following... more
Based on formal-theoretical principles about the sign processes involved, we have built synthetic experiments to investigate the emergence of communication based on symbols and indexes in a distributed system of sign users, following theoretical constraints from C.S.Peirce theory of signs, following a Synthetic Semiotics approach. In this paper, we summarize these computational experiments and results regarding associative learning processes of symbolic sign modality and cognitive conditions in an evolutionary process for the emergence of either symbol-based or index-based communication.
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English: This article presents a commented translation of four visual poems of the North American poet Robert Carlton Brown into Spanish. A reflection on the relationship between graphic and typographic levels, and other paralinguistic... more
English: This article presents a commented translation of four visual poems of the North American poet Robert Carlton Brown into Spanish. A reflection on the relationship between graphic and typographic levels, and other paralinguistic variables that constitute the semiotic complex of each poem, is introduced and discussed in terms of its reconfiguration when translation occurs.
Spanish: El presente artículo presenta la traducción comentada de cuatro poemas visuales del poeta norteamericano Robert Carlton Brown. Se realiza una reflexión introductoria acerca de la relación entre los niveles gráfico-tipográficos y otras variables lingüísticas y paralingüísticas del complejo semiótico que constituye cada poema, prestando especial atención a la reconfiguración que experimentan en la traducción.
Spanish: El presente artículo presenta la traducción comentada de cuatro poemas visuales del poeta norteamericano Robert Carlton Brown. Se realiza una reflexión introductoria acerca de la relación entre los niveles gráfico-tipográficos y otras variables lingüísticas y paralingüísticas del complejo semiótico que constituye cada poema, prestando especial atención a la reconfiguración que experimentan en la traducción.
Research Interests: Creative Writing, Creative Writing, Critical Theory, History, Gender Studies, and 15 morePhilosophy, Art History, Translation Studies, Literature, Translation theory, Translation of Poetry, Contemporary Poetry, Contemporary Poetry, Visual Arts, Visual Arts, Translation, Literary translation, Bob Brown, North American Literature, and Philosophy and Sociology of Human/animal Relations
There is almost a consensus that complexity has increased in information living systems, giving rise to symbolicity, grammar, syntactic recursiveness, etc. However, the processes behind the complexification of semiosis and its relation to... more
There is almost a consensus that complexity has increased in information living systems, giving rise to symbolicity, grammar, syntactic recursiveness, etc. However, the processes behind the complexification of semiosis and its relation to evolution are not well understood. Moreover, evolution of semiotic complexity can mean different things in different domains. Concretely, many open questions can be asked: What is semiotic complexity? How can semiotic complexity growth be measured in natural living systems? What are the main hypotheses about semiotic complexity growth that can actually be tested? Are the principles of natural selection sufficient to explain the evolution of semiotic complexity in biological systems? How do semiotic systems emerge from reactive systems? How do high level processes (e.g., symbol-based communication) emerge from lower-level processes (e.g., indexical)? Hoffmeyer has proposed a conceptual criterion to describe the evolutionary tendency of semiotic complexification related to the material basis (perhaps including formal and structural organization) of semiotic systems and processes.
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Peirce's pragmatic notion of semiosis can be described in terms of a multi-level system of constraints involving chance, efficient, formal and final causation. According to the model proposed here, law-like regularities, which work as... more
Peirce's pragmatic notion of semiosis can be described in terms of a multi-level system of constraints involving chance, efficient, formal and final causation. According to the model proposed here, law-like regularities, which work as boundary conditions or organizational principles, have a downward effect on the spatiotemporal distribution of lower-level semiotic items. We treat this downward determinative influence as a propensity relation: if some lower-level entities a,b,c,-n are under the influence of a general organizational principle, W, they will show a tendency to behave in certain specific ways, and, thus, to instantiate a set of specific processes. Our goal in this paper is to examine the role of downward determination in semiotic systems, conceived as multi-level hierarchical systems.
Keywords: semiosis, emergence, downward determination, causation, C. S. Peirce.
Keywords: semiosis, emergence, downward determination, causation, C. S. Peirce.
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O ícone é operacionalmente definido como um signo cuja manipulação permite, por observação direta de suas propriedades intrínsecas, a descoberta de alguma informação sobre seu objeto. Esta definição representa uma destrivialização da... more
O ícone é operacionalmente definido como um signo cuja manipulação permite, por observação direta de suas propriedades intrínsecas, a descoberta de alguma informação sobre seu objeto. Esta definição representa uma destrivialização da noção do ícone como um análogo do objeto representado. Vou explorar aqui a noção de tradução icônica, que Haroldo de Campos relaciona à tradução criativa, em uma nova direção, baseado em um critério operacional que associa os ícones aos diagramas, que são signos icônicos de relação. Tão logo um ícone seja observado como algo consistindo de partes inter-relacionadas, e uma vez que as relações estejam sujeitas a mudanças experimentais baseadas em leis, estamos operando com diagramas. Trata-se de um argumento conhecido que a tradução criativa recria relações de isomorfismos (ou paramorfismos) entre diversos níveis de descrição do signo traduzido. Esta ideia aquié subsidiada pelo conceito operacional do ícone, capaz de revelar a forma definida de uma relação. Exemplifico, ao final, minha argumentação exibindo um caso notável de tradução de John Donne, por Augusto de Campos.
Research Interests: Creative Nonfiction, Semiotics, Translation Studies, Poetry, Translation theory, and 13 moreTranslation of Poetry, Diagrammatic Reasoning, Charles S. Peirce, World Literature, Process Philosophy (Peirce, Whitehead), John Donne, Translation and literature, Translation, Literary translation, Transnational Studies, Tradução, Octavio Paz, Haroldo de Campos, América Latina, and 19C American Literature
Introduction Peirce proposed several typologies of signs, with different degrees of refinement and several relationships to one another (see Queiroz 2012a; Farias, Queiroz 2000, 2003; Freadman 2004). Here we are especially interested in... more
Introduction
Peirce proposed several typologies of signs, with different degrees of refinement and several relationships to one another (see Queiroz 2012a; Farias, Queiroz 2000, 2003; Freadman 2004). Here we are especially interested in how Peirce’s extended theory of signs can contribute to the construction of models that serve as tools for the investigation of biological mimicry. As a corollary to our analysis of firefly signaling (see El-Hani et al. 2010), we analyze the capacity of producing dicent symbols (propositions) as a general requisite for a semiotic system to act as a mimic. As it is well known, the semiotic processes involved in biological mimicry most often do not result from learning processes taking place in the individual semiotic system, but from the fine-tuning of inherited capacities by natural selection among variants over hundreds to thousands or millions of generations. The concrete sign exchange that takes place within the lifetime of a single individual, indicating and describing at the same time, can be conceived of as dicent symbols or dicisigns. This calls for an investigation of the Peircean notion of the dicisign, which is a generalization of the notion of proposition. Peirce’s formulation liberates our treatment of propositions from the confines of human language and points to their appearance also in pictures, gestures, etc., and, moreover, generalizes propositions from beinga human privilege so as to also embrace simpler dicisigns found in non-human animals.
Peirce proposed several typologies of signs, with different degrees of refinement and several relationships to one another (see Queiroz 2012a; Farias, Queiroz 2000, 2003; Freadman 2004). Here we are especially interested in how Peirce’s extended theory of signs can contribute to the construction of models that serve as tools for the investigation of biological mimicry. As a corollary to our analysis of firefly signaling (see El-Hani et al. 2010), we analyze the capacity of producing dicent symbols (propositions) as a general requisite for a semiotic system to act as a mimic. As it is well known, the semiotic processes involved in biological mimicry most often do not result from learning processes taking place in the individual semiotic system, but from the fine-tuning of inherited capacities by natural selection among variants over hundreds to thousands or millions of generations. The concrete sign exchange that takes place within the lifetime of a single individual, indicating and describing at the same time, can be conceived of as dicent symbols or dicisigns. This calls for an investigation of the Peircean notion of the dicisign, which is a generalization of the notion of proposition. Peirce’s formulation liberates our treatment of propositions from the confines of human language and points to their appearance also in pictures, gestures, etc., and, moreover, generalizes propositions from beinga human privilege so as to also embrace simpler dicisigns found in non-human animals.
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Biosemiotics is a growing field that investigates semiotic processes in the living realm, addressing meaning, signification, communication, and habit formation in living systems, and the physicochemical conditions for sign action and... more
Biosemiotics is a growing field that investigates semiotic processes in the living realm, addressing meaning, signification, communication, and habit formation in living systems, and the physicochemical conditions for sign action and interpretation. Scientific fields such as molecular biology, cognitive ethology, cognitive science, robotics, and neurobiology deal with information processes at various levels and, thus, provide knowledge about biosemiosis (sign action in living systems). Biosemiotics attempts to integrate these findings, so as to build a semiotic foundation for biology. In the development of biosemiotics as a research field, it is particularly important to build specific models of life processes, emphasizing their signifying nature, and, thus, helping to enrich and complement the biological sciences as standardly understood. Accordingly, we show in this paper how one can draw on a particular semiotic theory, namely Peirce’s theory of signs, to construct such models. We discuss two semiotic models here, one of the cell’s genetic sign system, the other of signal transduction in B-cell activation. At present, we do not have an established general notion of biological information (despite the roles that the mathematical theory of communication can play in biological research). It is a basic contention of this work that biosemiotics can help in building a semantic/pragmatic concept of biological information. We intend to advance a theoretical basis for a biosemiotic approach to living systems, and, thus, shed light on the notion of information as employed in the biological sciences. We also intend to show that semiotic modeling is a necessary counterpart to functional and mechanistic models of genetic and signaling systems. This framework for a theory of biological information is consistent with the general picture of genetic information and signaling processes in genetics and molecular biology, with the fundamental difference that, first, a concept of information is explicitly formulated within a heuristically powerful theoretical structure, and, second, information is on these grounds conceptualized as a process. The conceptual tools offered by Peircean semiotics can deepen our understanding of biological phenomena that are described by a communicational and informational vocabulary. This is particularly important in a time in which biology is increasingly seen as a science of information.
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Abstract Mimicry and deception are two important issues in studies about animal communication. The reliability of animal signs and the problem of the benefits of deceiving in sign exchanges are interesting topics in the evolution of... more
Abstract Mimicry and deception are two important issues in studies about animal communication. The reliability of animal signs and the problem of the benefits of deceiving in sign exchanges are interesting topics in the evolution of communication. In this paper, we intend to contribute to an understanding of deception by studying the case of aggressive signal mimicry in fireflies, investigated by James Lloyd. Firefly femmes fatales are specialized in mimicking the mating signals of other species of fireflies with the purpose of attracting responding males to become their prey. These aggressive mimics are a major factor in the survival and reproduction of both prey and predator. It is a case of deception through active falsification of information that leads to efficient predation by femmes fatales fireflies and triggered evolutionary processes in their preys’ communicative behaviors. There are even nested coevolutionary interactions between these fireflies, leading to a remarkable system of deceptive and counterdeceptive signaling behaviors. We develop here a semiotic model of firefly deception and also consider ideas advanced by Lloyd about the evolution of communication, acknowledging that deception can be part of the explanation of why communication evolves towards increasing complexity. Increasingly complex sign exchanges between fireflies evolve in an extremely slow pace. Even if deceptive maneuvers are played out time and time again between particular firefly individuals, the evolution of the next level of complexity—and thus the next utterance in the dialogue between species—is likely to take an immense amount of generations.
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Semiosis can be described as an emergent self-organizing process in a complex system of distributed sign users interacting locally and mutually affecting each other. Contextually grounded, semiosisis characterized as a pattern that... more
Semiosis can be described as an emergent self-organizing process in a complex system of distributed sign users interacting locally and mutually affecting each other. Contextually grounded, semiosisis characterized as a pattern that emerges through the cooperation between agentsin a communication act, which concerns an utterer, a sign, and an interpreter. Some implications of this approach are explored in the context of Artificial Life experimental protocols. To model communication as a self organized process, the authors create a scenario to investigate a potentially self-organizing dynamic of communication, via local interactions. According to the results, a systemic process (symbol-based communication) emerges as a global pattern (a common repertoire of signs) from local interactions, without any external or central control.
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Baseados na semiótica de C.S.Peirce e inspirados em requisitos etológicos, apresentamos uma metodologia sintética para simular a emergência de comunicação simbólica entre criaturas artificiais em um mundo virtual de eventos de predação.
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The International Journal of Signs and Semiotic Systems (IJSSS) is the first journal profoundly devoted to the modeling of semiotic systems and process. The journal offers a space of intense collaboration from empirical studies and... more
The International Journal of Signs and Semiotic Systems (IJSSS) is the first journal profoundly devoted to the modeling of semiotic systems and process. The journal offers a space of intense collaboration from empirical studies and theoretical frameworks toward a deeper understanding of semiotic process and an integrated vision of its synthesis in artificial systems. In establishing this journal, we encourage collaborative approaches regarding semiotic systems and processes, ranging from biological and empirical modeling to formaltheoretical studies. Our primary objective is to bring together multidisciplinary efforts in computational, empirical, theoretical and formal approaches in modeling semiotic processes, especially those that contribute to the design and synthesis of semiotic systems, such as biological evidences or evolutionary and philosophical frameworks. The frameworks and theories explored take into account recent developments from neurocognitive science, cognitive ethology, second order cybernetics, artificial life, biosemiotics and evolutionary biology.
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"Peirce's pragmatic notion of semiosis can be described in terms of a multi-level system of constraints involving chance, efficient, formal and final causation. According to the model proposed here, law-like regularities, which work as... more
"Peirce's pragmatic notion of semiosis can be described in terms of a multi-level system of constraints involving chance, efficient, formal and final causation. According to the model proposed here, law-like regularities, which work as boundary conditions or organizational principles, have a downward effect on the spatiotemporal distribution of lower-level semiotic items. We treat this downward determinative influence as a propensity relation: if some lower-level entities a,b,c,-n are under the influence of a general organizational principle, W, they will show a tendency to behave in certain specific ways, and, thus, to instantiate a set of specific processes. Our goal in this paper is to examine the role of downward determination in semiotic systems, conceived as multi-level hierarchical systems.
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"De Tienne characterized icons, indexes, and symbols as processes of form communication and suggested that symbolic form communication constitutes what Peirce called genuine information (Cognitio, São Paulo, v. 6, n. 2, p. 149-165,... more
"De Tienne characterized icons, indexes, and symbols as processes of form communication and suggested that symbolic form communication constitutes what Peirce called genuine information (Cognitio, São Paulo, v. 6, n. 2, p. 149-165, jul./dez. 2005). He mentioned our recent attempts to describe information as a meaningful semiotic process in the context of
biological information systems. Here we summarize our view about Peirce’s concept of meaningful information process as a triadic-dependent relation of mediation connecting Sign, Object and Interpretant, in the context of semiotic systems, systems that produce, communicate, receive, compute, and interpret signs of different kinds.
Key-Words: Information. Peirce. Semiosis. Semiotic systems."
biological information systems. Here we summarize our view about Peirce’s concept of meaningful information process as a triadic-dependent relation of mediation connecting Sign, Object and Interpretant, in the context of semiotic systems, systems that produce, communicate, receive, compute, and interpret signs of different kinds.
Key-Words: Information. Peirce. Semiosis. Semiotic systems."
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In our effort to relate abductive process to iconic semiosis, we argue that meaning begins the process of its development as an icon, and logic of abduction is the logic responsible for this iconic process. Our aim here is to explore the... more
In our effort to relate abductive process to iconic semiosis, we argue that meaning begins the process of its development as an icon, and logic of abduction is the logic responsible for this iconic process. Our aim here is to explore the relationship between Peirce’s notion of abductive inference and iconic semiosis. In order properly to develop our argument, it behooves us to offer a brief introduction that includes: (i) the basic characteristics of abduction, (ii) Peirce’s concept of semiosis, (iii) Peirce’s categories of mind, and signs processes, and (iv) the nature of the iconic sign.
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The topic of representation acquisition, manipulation and use has been a major trend in Artificial Intelligence since its beginning and persists as an important matter in current research. Particularly, due to initial focus on development... more
The topic of representation acquisition, manipulation
and use has been a major trend in Artificial Intelligence
since its beginning and persists as an important matter
in current research. Particularly, due to initial focus on
development of symbolic systems, this topic is usually
related to research in symbol grounding by artificial
intelligent systems. Symbolic systems, as proposed by
Newell & Simon (1976), are characterized as a highlevel
cognition system in which symbols are seen as
“[lying] at the root of intelligent action” (Newell and
Simon, 1976, p.83). [............]
and use has been a major trend in Artificial Intelligence
since its beginning and persists as an important matter
in current research. Particularly, due to initial focus on
development of symbolic systems, this topic is usually
related to research in symbol grounding by artificial
intelligent systems. Symbolic systems, as proposed by
Newell & Simon (1976), are characterized as a highlevel
cognition system in which symbols are seen as
“[lying] at the root of intelligent action” (Newell and
Simon, 1976, p.83). [............]
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The use of an appropriate set of empirical and theoretical constraints to guide the construction of synthetic experiments leads to a better understanding of the natural phenomena under study, and allows for a greater understanding of the... more
The use of an appropriate set of empirical and theoretical constraints to guide the construction of synthetic experiments leads to a better understanding of the natural phenomena under study, and allows for a greater understanding of the experimental results. We begin this chapter with a description of a general approach for conducting experiments with artificial creatures within a synthetic ethological context. Next, we describe how this approach was used to build a computational experiment regarding the emergence of self-organized symbols. Our experiment simulated a community of artificial creatures undergoing complex intra and inter-specific interactions in which meaning evolved over time, from a tabula rasa repertoire of random alarm-calls to a specific set of optimal referential alarm-calls. To design different kinds of creatures as well as innanimate elements of the environment, we applied theoretical constraints from the Peircean philosophy of sign and empirical constraints from neuroethology. Our results suggest that the constraints chosen were both necessary and sufficient to produce symbolic communication.
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The phenomenon of intersemiotic translation represents a special creative domain of language procedures because involves a radical change in habits interpretation and new forms of sign manipulation. The phenomenon was firstly defined by... more
The phenomenon of intersemiotic translation represents a special creative domain of language procedures because involves a radical change in habits interpretation and new forms of sign manipulation. The phenomenon was firstly defined by Roman Jakobson as transmutation of signs – «an interpretation of verbal signs by means of signs of non verbal sign systems». Despite its theoretic relevance, and in spite of the frequency in which it is practiced, the phenomenon remains virtually unexplored in general explanatory levels (conceptual modeling), as well as from the point of view of the logic of the semiotic processes involved in it. Here we propose an approach based on Charles S. Peirce’s pragmatic philosophy of sign and Stanley Salthe’s hierarchical structuralism, and suggest a preliminary division in classes
and modalities of translations with examples involving literature and contemporary dance. We defend a perspective according to which translations involve iconic relationships (analogical mappings) between multi-structured semiotic systems.
and modalities of translations with examples involving literature and contemporary dance. We defend a perspective according to which translations involve iconic relationships (analogical mappings) between multi-structured semiotic systems.
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Here we present an Alife experiment for the investigation of the emergence of self-organized symbol-based communication involving distributed interactions between artificial creatures. The set-up, design and synthesis of our creatures,... more
Here we present an Alife experiment for the investigation of the emergence of self-organized symbol-based communication involving distributed interactions between artificial creatures. The set-up, design and synthesis of our creatures, along with the digital ecosystem, are theoretically based on Peircean pragmatic philosophy of sign and empirically informed by neuroethological evidence.
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In the last decades, cognitive and neuroscience findings about emotion have motivated the design of emotional-based architectures to model individuals’ behavior. Currently, we are working with a cognitive, multi-layered architecture for... more
In the last decades, cognitive and neuroscience findings about emotion have motivated the design of emotional-based architectures to model individuals’ behavior. Currently, we are working with a cognitive, multi-layered architecture for Agents, which provides them with emotion-influenced behavior and has been extended to model social interactions. This paper shows this architecture, focusing on its social features and how it could be used to model emotion-based agents’ social behavior. A model of a prey-predator simulation is presented as a test-bed of the architecture social layer.
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The simulation of vocabulary acquisition in embodied artificial agents (robots) has been studied by various methods and protocols. Here we simulate the emergence of a common repertoire of signs applying unsupervised learning and... more
The simulation of vocabulary acquisition in embodied artificial agents (robots) has been studied by various methods and protocols. Here we simulate the emergence of a common repertoire of signs applying unsupervised learning and phonotaxis to enable a hearer robot to locate a speaker robot and the object referred during communication. Results show that the proposed scenario and control mechanisms allow the robots to find the sound source and lead to robust learning and establishment of a shared repertoire of sign by robots, even in the presence of noise and sensor data identification errors
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Technologies that aim user immersion in a synthetic environment have been used for various purposes. One such technology is Augmented Reality (AR) that allows the user to view the surrounding environment with overlap and composition of... more
Technologies that aim user immersion in a synthetic environment have been used for various purposes. One
such technology is Augmented Reality (AR) that allows the user
to view the surrounding environment with overlap and
composition of virtual objects, creating new ways of computer
interaction. One of the objects for such virtual interactions is the
human body. The human body is also an element that undergoes
real physical changes, a common cultural practice for centuries,
and one of the ways of expression through body modification is
tattoo. Here we describe an AR system for visualization of tattoos
on skin surface, following the body surface deformations. The
system uses a few small markers to obtain a 2D model of skin
surface. Results show that the system is able to overlay an
augmented tattoo on the skin even with distortions and occlusions
of markers.
such technology is Augmented Reality (AR) that allows the user
to view the surrounding environment with overlap and
composition of virtual objects, creating new ways of computer
interaction. One of the objects for such virtual interactions is the
human body. The human body is also an element that undergoes
real physical changes, a common cultural practice for centuries,
and one of the ways of expression through body modification is
tattoo. Here we describe an AR system for visualization of tattoos
on skin surface, following the body surface deformations. The
system uses a few small markers to obtain a 2D model of skin
surface. Results show that the system is able to overlay an
augmented tattoo on the skin even with distortions and occlusions
of markers.
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Semiosis can be described as an emergent self-organizing process in a complex system of distributed sign users interacting locally and mutually affecting each other. Contextually grounded, semiosis is characterized as a pattern that... more
Semiosis can be described as an emergent self-organizing process in a complex system of distributed sign users interacting locally and mutually affecting each other. Contextually grounded, semiosis is characterized as a pattern that emerges through the cooperation between agents in a communication act, which concerns an utterer, a sign, and an interpreter. We explore some implications of this approach in the context of Artificial Life experimental protocols. To model communication as a self-organized processes, we create a scenario to investigate a potentially self-organizing dynamics of communication, via local interactions. According to our results, a systemic process (symbol-based communication) emerge as a global pattern (a common repertoire of signs) from local interactions, without any external or central control.
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Communication depends on the production and interpretation of representations, but the study of representational processes underlying communication finds little discussion in computational experiments. Here we present an experiment on the... more
Communication depends on the production and interpretation of representations, but the study of representational processes underlying communication finds little discussion in computational experiments. Here we present an experiment on the emergence of both interpretation and production of multiple representations, with multiple referents, where referential processes can be tracked. Results show the dynamics of semiotic processes during the evolution of artificial creatures and the emergence of a variety of semiotic processes, such as sign production, sign interpretation, and sign-object-interpretant relations.
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Although the emergence of communication has been the topic of various Artificial Life experiments, the study of underlying representational processes finds little discussion. We have previously differentiated between symbolic and... more
Although the emergence of communication has been the topic
of various Artificial Life experiments, the study of underlying
representational processes finds little discussion. We have
previously differentiated between symbolic and indexical interpretation and proposed that symbolic interpretation may
act as a shortcut to cognitive traits already acquired. Here we
evaluate conditions of this acquired cognitive trait for the
emergence of different modalities of sign interpretation. Results show that symbolic processes may act as a cognitive shortcut to
a previous acquired cognitive competence even if minimally
functional or initially not available.
of various Artificial Life experiments, the study of underlying
representational processes finds little discussion. We have
previously differentiated between symbolic and indexical interpretation and proposed that symbolic interpretation may
act as a shortcut to cognitive traits already acquired. Here we
evaluate conditions of this acquired cognitive trait for the
emergence of different modalities of sign interpretation. Results show that symbolic processes may act as a cognitive shortcut to
a previous acquired cognitive competence even if minimally
functional or initially not available.
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The discussion on the possibility of machines to achieve comprehension, understanding and true meaning grounded in the real world is a very controversial debate within artificial intelligence and cognitive science. One of the biggest... more
The discussion on the possibility of machines to achieve comprehension, understanding and true meaning grounded in the real world is a very controversial debate within artificial intelligence and cognitive science. One of the biggest problems is the requirement to involve "reality" in this discussion, bringing forth a lot of unsolved questions regarding the nature of what would be such thing we use to call "reality". In this work, we present an attempt of escaping this problem, by re-defining the meaning process (semiosis, according to Peirce), in an entirely mathematical framework. We are calling this "transposition" of the Peircean theory to a purely abstract mathematical model as "mathematical semiosis". By doing this, we aim at growing a more understandable theory for explaining what is to comprehend, to understand and to mean, in a strictly mathematical sense, avoiding complications related to the connection of signs to a real world. The main application of such a theory would be in order to develop machines with these capabilities. In such a regard, what we are calling here "mathematical semiosis" would be a kind of purely mathematical abstraction for what is "semiosis" in the real world
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Desenvolvemos, neste trabalho, o modelo de Wynn (1993, 1999), em que são descritos processos de manufatura e manipulação de ferramentas como fenômenos semióticos. Relacionados às ferramentas líticas, são quatro os tópicos mais relevantes... more
Desenvolvemos, neste trabalho, o modelo de Wynn (1993, 1999), em que são descritos processos de manufatura e manipulação de ferramentas como fenômenos semióticos. Relacionados às ferramentas líticas, são quatro os tópicos mais relevantes para o autor: utilidade ecológica, inteligência dos usuários, implicações para a evolução de linguagem e papel indexical das ferramentas. Estamos especialmente interessados no último deles. Aumentamos a precisão analítica e poder heurístico do modelo de Wynn, ao adequá-lo à lógica e classificação dos signos de C.S.Peirce. Nosso propósito consiste em descrever o nicho semiótico ocupado pela produção-manipulação de ferramentas em processos sígnicos multimodais (icônico, indexical, simbólico). O resultado pode ser considerado a etapa preliminar de uma história de sistemas semióticos envolvendo modelagem de produção e uso de artefatos.
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The contributions of Peircean pragmatic theory of signs to the design and construction of artificial cognition systems have not been systematically explored. In fact, most approaches in the literature of intelligent... more
The contributions of Peircean pragmatic theory of signs to the design and construction of artificial cognition systems have not been systematically explored. In fact, most approaches in the literature of intelligent systems and artificial life adopt a naïve definition of semiotic processes, which usually plays a secondary role in the studies. Our research, on the contrary, strives for a strong theoretical foundation for semiosis, as well as its realization within digital computers. In this lecture, a biologically inspired semiotic model is proposed in synthetic biology. At the first part of this lecture we investigate theoretical constraints about the feasibility of simulated semiosis. These constraints, which are basic requirements for the simulation of semiosis, refer to the synthesis of irreducible triadic relations (Sign – Object – Interpretant). We examine the organization of the triad S-O-I, that is, the relative position of its elements and how they relate to each other by determinative relations, and we suggest a meta-algorithm. At the second part we begin with a description of a general approach for conducting experiments with artificial creatures within a synthetic ethological context. Next, we describe how this approach was used to build a computational experiment regarding the emergence of self-organized symbols. Our experiment simulated a community of artificial creatures undergoing complex intra and inter-specific interactions in which meaning evolved over time, from a tabula rasa repertoire of random alarm-calls to a specific set of optimal referential alarm-calls. To design different kinds of creatures as well as innanimate elements of the environment, we applied theoretical constraints from the Peircean philosophy of sign and empirical constraints from neuroethology. Behaviors such as navigation, search, predation, evasion and cooperation were modeled as communication processes evolving within and across artificial brains of different kinds of creatures. Our results suggest that the constraints chosen were both necessary and sufficient to produce symbolic communication.
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Entrevista a João Queiroz (www.semiotics.pro.br), conduzida, por email, por Carolina Nadai (mestre pelo Programa de Pós- Graduação em Dança, UFBA): “O espetáculo ‘Cinco sobre o mesmo’, ou [5], foi o último trabalho de dança concebido... more
Entrevista a João Queiroz (www.semiotics.pro.br), conduzida, por email, por Carolina Nadai (mestre pelo Programa de Pós-
Graduação em Dança, UFBA):
“O espetáculo ‘Cinco sobre o mesmo’, ou [5], foi o último trabalho de dança concebido por João Queiroz, e contemplado pelo Prêmio Funarte de dança Klauss Vianna, em 2008. Ele esteve em cartaz, no teatro Vila Velha (Salvador), entre os dias 27 de fevereiro e 8 de março de 2010. A criação, baseada em fragmentos da obra de Gertrude Stein, trata o fenômeno de tradução intersemiótica como uma possibilidade metodológica de invenção em dança. [...]"
Graduação em Dança, UFBA):
“O espetáculo ‘Cinco sobre o mesmo’, ou [5], foi o último trabalho de dança concebido por João Queiroz, e contemplado pelo Prêmio Funarte de dança Klauss Vianna, em 2008. Ele esteve em cartaz, no teatro Vila Velha (Salvador), entre os dias 27 de fevereiro e 8 de março de 2010. A criação, baseada em fragmentos da obra de Gertrude Stein, trata o fenômeno de tradução intersemiótica como uma possibilidade metodológica de invenção em dança. [...]"
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Here we introduce biosemiotics as a field of research that develops models of life processes focusing on their informational aspects. Peirce’s general concept of semiosis can be used to analyze such processes, and provide a... more
Here we introduce biosemiotics as a field of research that develops models of life processes focusing on their informational aspects. Peirce’s general concept of semiosis can be used to analyze such processes, and provide a powerful basis for understanding the emergence of meaning in living systems, by contributing to the construction of a theory of biological information. Peirce’s theory of sign action is introduced, and the relation between ‘information processing’ and sign processes is discussed, in fact, a semiotic definition of information is introduced. Three biosemiotic models of informational processes, at the behavioral and molecular levels, are developed, first, a model of genetic information processing in protein synthesis; second, a model of signal transduction in Bcell activation in the immune system; and, finally, a model of symbolic nonhuman primate communication. We also address some perspectives for the development of applied semiotic research in fields such as Artificial life, cognitive ethology, cognitive robotics, theoretical biology, and education.
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Here we introduce biosemiotics as a field of research that develops models of life processes focusing on their informational aspects. Peirce’s general concept of semiosis can be used to analyze such processes, and provide a powerful basis... more
Here we introduce biosemiotics as a field of research that develops models of life processes focusing on their informational aspects. Peirce’s general concept of semiosis can be used to analyze such processes, and provide a powerful basis for understanding the emergence of meaning in living systems, by contributing to the construction of a theory of biological information. Peirce’s theory of sign action is introduced, and the relation between ‘information processing’ and sign processes is discussed, and, in fact, a semiotic definition of information is proposed. A biosemiotic model of genetic information processing in protein synthesis is developed.
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Here we introduce biosemiotics as a field of research that develops models of life processes focusing on their informational aspects. Peirce’s general concept of semiosis can be used to analyze such processes, and provide a powerful... more
Here we introduce biosemiotics as a field of research that develops models of life processes focusing on their informational aspects. Peirce’s general concept of semiosis can be used to analyze such processes, and provide a powerful basis for understanding the emergence of meaning in living systems, by contributing to the construction of a theory of biological information. Peirce’s theory of sign action is introduced, and the relation between ‘information processing’ and sign processes is discussed, and, in fact, a semiotic definition of information is proposed. A biosemiotic model of genetic information processing in protein synthesis is developed.
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Here I introduce Haroldo de Campos’ concept of transcreation as “iconic translation”, and I develop this concept in a new theoretical trend. According to Haroldo de Campos, creative translation isomorphically recreates the physicality of... more
Here I introduce Haroldo de Campos’ concept of transcreation as “iconic translation”, and I develop this concept in a new theoretical trend. According to Haroldo de Campos, creative translation isomorphically recreates the physicality of the sign-source. I reframed Campos’s notion through the operational concept of diagrammatic icon, that is a sign able of revealing a definite form of a relationship. At the end, I exemplify my argument with an analysis of a translation of John Donne by Augusto de Campos.
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In the Centennial year of 2014, the new Commens Digital Companion brings together two established on-line resources of Peirce research, adding improvements and new tools and publication possibilities, such as a dynamic news service, a... more
In the Centennial year of 2014, the new Commens Digital Companion brings together two established on-line
resources of Peirce research, adding improvements and new tools and publication possibilities, such as a dynamic
news service, a collaboratively compiled bibliography of Peirce studies, and the publication of working papers.
resources of Peirce research, adding improvements and new tools and publication possibilities, such as a dynamic
news service, a collaboratively compiled bibliography of Peirce studies, and the publication of working papers.
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Its very well known that Gertrude Stein developed an intersemiotic translation methodology to recriate Cezanne’s conception of space creating a kind of literary protocubism. Recent contemporary dance choreographers have been used her... more
Its very well known that Gertrude Stein developed an intersemiotic translation methodology to recriate Cezanne’s conception of space creating a kind of literary protocubism. Recent contemporary dance choreographers have been used her results as a source for compositional processes. With the goal of better description and understanding of this operation we bring up Peirce’s semiotic typology of hypoicons. According to this division, when a literary work is intersemiotically translated into a choreographic one three types of translation can be recognized: imagetic, diagrammatic and metaphorical. The imagetic type consists in simple quality sharing between literary and dance works. The diagrammatic one present another kind of partaking: the dance translation has the same structural relationship as its literary source. In its turn, the metaphorical type presents a sharing of the interpretative effects of the two semiotic systems considered. Our major proposal here is the application of this division in order to make a description of the different intersemiotic translations from Gertrude Stein's texts into dance and to construct a deeper understanding of this operation.
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In 1903, C. S. Peirce made a distinction between icons and iconic signs, or hypoicons, and briefly introduces a division of the latter into images, diagrams, and metaphors. When a literary artwork is intersemiotically translated into a... more
In 1903, C. S. Peirce made a distinction between icons and iconic signs, or hypoicons, and briefly introduces a division of the latter into images, diagrams, and metaphors. When a literary artwork is intersemiotically translated into a choreographic one, we observe three types of translation according to Peirce's hypoiconic division -- imagetic, diagrammatic, metaphorical. Our major proposal here is to introduce this division, and to provide some examples of its applications in cases of contemporary dance intersemiotic translation from literature, with focus on metaphorical translations.
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In 1903, Charles Sanders Peirce made a distinction between icons and iconic signs, or hypoicons, and briefly introduced a division of the latter into images, diagrams, and metaphors. According to this division, images represent simple... more
In 1903, Charles Sanders Peirce made a distinction between icons and iconic signs, or hypoicons, and briefly introduced a division of the latter into images, diagrams, and metaphors. According to this division, images represent simple qualities involved in iconic sign-mediated processes. Differently, diagrams represent, through the relations between its parts, the analogous relations that constitute the related parts of the object it represents. The object of the diagram is always a relation. Unlike the image, which stands for superficial qualities, the diagram is an arrangement of related parts, and its object is an analogous relation. Finally, the metaphor is an icon of analogical relations between interpretative effects, or the interpretants. The metaphor represents the interpretative effect of a sign by creating an analogical parallelism with another interpretant. Our major proposal here is to introduce this division, and provide some examples of its application in dance intersemiotic translation from literature. Examples include “Shutters Shut” (2003) of the Dutch dance company Nederlands Dans Theater II, and “5.sobre.o.mesmo” (2010), a recent Brazilian production. They are based on Gertrude Stein’s experimental prose. “Shutters Shut” recreates relevant acoustic properties of Stein’s reading “If I Told Him, A Completed Portrait of Picasso”, her prosody and rhythmic progression, in terms predominantly diagrammatic. In this case, composition and sequence of movements recreate some structural relations, number of verbal tokens and its temporal distribution. We identify, at the same translation, metaphorical aspects related to the embodiment of references figuratively transposed into a very stereotyped class of movements. In “5.sobre.o.mesmo”, we observe typically Steinean type-token relationship translated in terms of short and repetitive body behavior, and psychological atmosphere effects recreated in terms of lighting and sound design.
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Differently from the anti-cartesianism defended by some embodied-situated cognitive science, which is predominantly anti-representationalist, for C.S. Peirce, mind is semiosis (sign-action) in a dialogical materially embodied form, and... more
Differently from the anti-cartesianism defended by some embodied-situated cognitive science, which is predominantly anti-representationalist, for C.S. Peirce, mind is semiosis (sign-action) in a dialogical materially embodied form, and cognition is the development of available semiotic material artifacts in which it is embodied as a power to produce interpretants (sign-effects). It takes the form of development of semiotic artifacts, such as writing tools, instruments of observation, notational systems, languages, and so forth. Our objective in this paper is to explore the connection between a semiotic theory of mind and the conception of situatedness and extended mind through the notions of iconicity and abductive inference, taking advantage of an empirical example of investigation in distributed problem solving.
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In this lecture, I explored the idea of creative translation as a predominantly iconic process. I also introduced the idea that creative translation recreates a multi-level system of relations, an operation that can be described as... more
In this lecture, I explored the idea of creative translation as a predominantly iconic process. I also introduced the idea that creative translation recreates a multi-level system of relations, an operation that can be described as typically diagrammatic, while he also examined the implications of this idea in Translation studies, with a focus on the phenomena of intersemiotic translations.
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The International Journal of Signs and Semiotic Systems (IJSSS) was founded in early 2011. The journal offers a space of intense collaboration from empirical studies and theoretical frameworks toward a deeper understanding of semiotic... more
The International Journal of Signs and Semiotic Systems (IJSSS) was founded in early 2011. The journal offers a space of intense collaboration from empirical studies and theoretical frameworks toward a deeper understanding of semiotic process and an integrated vision of its synthesis in artificial systems. In establishing this journal, we encourage collaborative approaches regarding semiotic systems and processes, ranging from biological and empirical modeling to formal-theoretical studies. Our primary objective is to bring together multidisciplinary efforts in computational, empirical, theoretical and formal approaches in modeling semiotic processes, especially those that contribute to the design and synthesis of semiotic systems, such as biological evidences or evolutionary and philosophical frameworks. The frameworks and theories explored take into account recent developments from neurocognitive science, cognitive ethology, second order cybernetics, artificial life, biosemiotics and evolutionary biology.
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On Peirce é um livro de introdução ao sistema de pensamento de Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914). Há diversas dificuldades para organizar um livro dessa natureza. Peirce fez contribuições originais em diversas áreas, formais e experimentais,... more
On Peirce é um livro de introdução ao sistema de pensamento de Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914). Há diversas dificuldades para organizar um livro dessa natureza. Peirce fez contribuições originais em diversas áreas, formais e experimentais, práticas e teóricas, e uma introdução à sua filosofia arquitetônica — uma filosofia construída de modo que suas partes estivessem sistematicamente co-implicadas através de princípios metateóricos — que levasse em consideração a multiplicidade dessas contribuições e o modo como elas atuam na organização de seu sistema. Um livro de introdução deve explicar ao leitor quais e como estão co-implicadas essas partes por meios desses princípios, em seu sistema cuja ordenação, baseada em relações hierárquicas de dependência, pode ser seguida em sua classificação das ciências. O “mapa” de relações resultante — matemática, filosofia (fenomenologia, ciências normativas [estética, ética, lógica], metafísica), ciências especiais — é o melhor roteiro para introduzir sua filosofia arquitetônica, “para tornar acessível os elementos chaves do pensamento de Peirce e para colocá-los em relação, uns com os outros”, que é o objetivo do livro de Cornelis de Waal (p.5).
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Poems are treated by translators as hierarchical multilevel systems. Here we propose the notion of " multilevel poetry translation " to characterize such cases of poetry translation in terms of selection and rebuilding of a multilevel... more
Poems are treated by translators as hierarchical multilevel systems. Here we propose the notion of " multilevel poetry translation " to characterize such cases of poetry translation in terms of selection and rebuilding of a multilevel system of constraints across languages. Different levels of a poem correspond to different sets of components that asymmetrically constrain each other (e. g., grammar, lexicon, syntactic construction, prosody, rhythm, typography, etc.). This perspective allows a poem to be approached as a thinking-tool: an " experimental lab " which submits language to unusual conditions and provides a scenario to observe the emergence of new patterns of semiotic behaviour as a result. We describe this operation as a problem-solving task, and exemplify with Augusto de Campos' Portuguese translation of John Donne's poem " The Expiration. "
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VIA is a mobile art project (video-dance and computational music) semiotically translated to photographic media by means of formal constraints derived from selected properties of Rio de Janeiro’s predefined downtown routes. Under the... more
VIA is a mobile art project (video-dance and computational music) semiotically translated to photographic media by means of formal constraints derived from selected properties of Rio de Janeiro’s predefined downtown routes. Under the constraints of street buildings and the morphology of the routes, questions regarding the influence of the bodily movements of the urban space led to the creation of a dance typology. This typology is related to pedestrians in the area and to the structure of the buildings spans where the performance happened. The dance movements captured in the videos were restricted and regulated by the physical environment and its main features. Here, an intersemiotic translation of a mobile art project to a photographic essay is presented and described. It strongly relates, and tentatively explores, both an artistic research praxis and a theoretical discussion. The essay explores an analogous semiotic effect from the VIA project on the photographic essay as a result of this investigation.
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... Marques-Aguiar et ai. consta na lista de mamíferos brasileiros ameaçados ea segunda se encontra sob estudo quanto a seu status de conservação (HILTON-TAYLOR 2000). ... cF: S. SOLAR I & DE WILSON. 1996. Diversidad y ecología de los... more
... Marques-Aguiar et ai. consta na lista de mamíferos brasileiros ameaçados ea segunda se encontra sob estudo quanto a seu status de conservação (HILTON-TAYLOR 2000). ... cF: S. SOLAR I & DE WILSON. 1996. Diversidad y ecología de los quirópteros en Pakitza, p. 593-612. ...
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The symbol grounding problem is one of the leading questions in arti- ficial intelligence. Albeit many solution proposals have been presented, this pro- blem remains open. In this work, we present a proposal to symbol grounding, based on... more
The symbol grounding problem is one of the leading questions in arti- ficial intelligence. Albeit many solution proposals have been presented, this pro- blem remains open. In this work, we present a proposal to symbol grounding, based on semiotics and biology. We developed, following principles from the Peircean sign theory and inspired by neuroethological constrains, an Artificial Life experiment to
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SNS’s profiles can be described as semiotic niches, spaces of mediation built of processes and structures that enable users to control, constrain and predict future social interactions through the manipulation of a morphological variety... more
SNS’s profiles can be described as semiotic niches, spaces of mediation built of processes and structures that enable users to control, constrain and predict future social interactions through the manipulation of a morphological variety of sign types. We argue that signs that agents perceive when accessing profiles, such as relationship status and work/school information, can be apprehended as shortcuts for epistemic action (Kirsh and Maglio, 1994), providing cues about one’s social context. If this approach is correct, profiles enable users to constraint social interaction within the network. This perspective is aligned with the idea that people manipulate problem-solving spaces to improve social cognition (Kirsh, 1995, 2009; Clark, 2008) by relying on external artifacts to scaffold internal computation (Hutchins, 2001). It is also in consonance with recent SNS research (see Boyd, 2007; Donath and Boyd, 2004; Donath, 2007) that suggests one goal of profile building being to produce specific perceptions and oriented social behaviour. Our aim is to explore the idea of social network’s profiles working as semiotic niches. In order to properly develop our argument, we will begin with a brief introduction that includes a review of fundamental notions of Peirce’s semiotics, cognitive and semiotic niches, social network and virtual profiles research. Subsequently, we will propose a model for the understanding of Facebook’s profiles as semiotic niches, including the description of the signs and the epistemic shortcuts they represent for control and anticipation of future relationships and constraint on the SNS.
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Habit in semiosis can be modeled both as a macro-level in a hierarchical multi-level system where it functions as boundary conditions for emergence of semiosis, and as a cognitive niche produced by an ecologically-inherited environment of... more
Habit in semiosis can be modeled both as a macro-level in a hierarchical multi-level system where it functions as boundary conditions for emergence of semiosis, and as a cognitive niche produced by an ecologically-inherited environment of cognitive artifacts. According to the first perspective, semiosis is modeled in terms of a multilayered system, with micro functional entities at the lower-level and with higher-level processes being mereologically composed of these lower-level entities. According to the second perspective, habits are embedded in ecologically-inherited environments of signs that co-evolve with cognition. Both descriptions offer a novel approximation of Peirce’s semiotics and theoretical findings in other areas (hierarchy theory, evolutionary biology), suggesting new frameworks to approach the concept of habit integrated with its role in semiosis.
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(...) Our work proposes the use of computational techniques to perform the process of automated scansion and analysis of Euclides da Cunha’s prose, revealing its verse structures, thus reducing time for the task, providing a new tool for... more
(...) Our work proposes the use of computational techniques to perform the process of automated scansion and analysis of Euclides da Cunha’s prose, revealing its verse structures, thus reducing time for the task, providing a new tool for prose analysis and opening a new research agenda. These verse structures, distributed along the text, are found using computational methods based on scansion rules for Portuguese language. As the location of these structures are not previously given, any sentence is treated as a potential candidate for a verse, moreover segments of the sentences can also be considered.