Signs do not only ‘represent’ something for somebody, as Peirce's definition goes, but also ‘mediate’ relations between us and our world, including ourselves, as has been elaborated by Vygotsky...
Keywords: epistemology, activity theory, collateral knowledge, dialectic, Peirce, Vygotsky
04/2007 | Semiotica, Walter de GruyterAs a consequence of the specific nature of Peirce's philosophical view, the literary text need not be set against semiotic theory; instead, it may be situated in such a way as to prolong the sign and the movement of semiosis...
Keywords: Peirce, semiotics, theory, literary works, Poe, Proust
06/2007 | Semiotica, Walter de Gruyter