Genes and proteins are molecular artifacts because they are manufactured by molecular machines that physically stick their subunits together in the order provided by external templates...
Keywords: Information, meaning, organic code, organic semiosis, mental semiosis, biosemiotics
02/2006 | Semiotica, Walter de GruyterIn order to support the goal of comprehensive detection of life with appropriate conceptual tools we should have a clear definition of life...
Keywords: definition of life, meaning-making, biosemiotics, linguistic metaphor, Gregory Bateson
02/2006 | Semiotica, Walter de GruyterTerms loaded with informational connotations are often employed to refer to genes and their dynamics...
Keywords: gene, Information, process philosophy, semiosis, biosemiotics, C. S. Peirce
06/2006 | Semiotica, Walter de GruyterThis article presents different semiotic perspectives on biological mimicry, which is considered to be a communicative system consisting of a mimic, a model, and a signal-receiver...
Keywords: biosemiotics, biological mimicry, mimicry systems, iconicity, ambivalent sign, abstract mimicry
11/2007 | Semiotica, Walter de Gruyter