Semiosis in the Postmodern Age

by Floyd Merrell

Merrell's specific focus in this interdisciplinary study is the modernism/postmodernism dichotomy and Peirce's precocious realization that the world does not lend itself to the simplistic binarism of modernist thought. In Merrell's examination of postmodern phenomena, the reader is taken through various facets of the cognitive sciences, philosophy of science, mathematics, and literary theory. Throughout this work, Merrell. is scrupulously aware that we are participants within, not detached spectators of, our signs. We understand them while we interact with them, during which process we, and our signs as well, invariably undergo change.

374 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Ross · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember my maths teacher at A-Level introducing us to hyper-cubes - for that reason alone a book with a representation of a hyper-sphere gets five stars from me. More importantly this is a rigorous academic work - sadly that probably leaves it of interest only to specialists. Anyone else reading this, please try it - aspects are surprisingly readable for the layman - at worst you'll pick it up, read the first paragraph, and put it down. That was my approach to Heidegger but I have been forced to re-appraise after reading someone else's article which simplified the broad scope enough to get past the very dense original text. A.P.