Process Philosophy of Signs

Process Philosophy of Signs
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9780748695034
ISBN-13 : 0748695036
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Book Synopsis Process Philosophy of Signs by : James Williams

Download or read book Process Philosophy of Signs written by James Williams and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We usually think of signs as fixed relations: a red light signifies 'Stop'. In his bold new book, James Williams argues that signs are processes: you see the red light and think 'should I stop?', triggering a creative response. Williams develops this new process philosophy of signs through a formal model , in contrast to earlier structuralist definitions. He draws on the philosophies of Deleuze and Whitehead, criticises earlier work on the sign in biology by Jakob von Uexkull, and connects to contemporary work on process in the philosophy of biology by John Dupre. The process model has wide applications in the arts, humanities and social sciences, and informs their critical debates with science. In defining the sign as essentially political, this radical definition of the sign opens up new possibilities for social and political critique.


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