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Semiotics
Semiotics (also called semiotic studies); is the study of meaning-making, the study of sign process (semiosis) and meaningful communication. It is not to be confused with the Saussurean tradition called semiology which is a subset of semiotics. This includes the study of signs and sign processes, indication, designation, likeness, analogy, allegory, metonymy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication.
The semiotic tradition explores the study of signs and symbols as a significant part of communications. As different from linguistics, however, semiotics also studies non-linguistic si ...more
The semiotic tradition explores the study of signs and symbols as a significant part of communications. As different from linguistics, however, semiotics also studies non-linguistic si ...more
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For “Copito de Nieve”, [...] the contact with the tire seems to be something affective, possessive, and somehow symbolic. From it he can have a glimpse of what for man is the search for an escape from the dismay of living: investing oneself in things, recognizing oneself in signs, transforming the world into a collection of symbols; a first daybreak of culture in the long biological night. To do this the gorilla possesses only an old tire, an artefact of human production, alien to him, lacking a
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― Mr Palomar
― Mr Palomar
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More than thirty years ago, R. Needham argued against the use of the terms related to "belief" in describing other cultures since they represent an undeclared and misleading generalization about a concept otherwise immaterial to non-Christian cultures. These terms, he argues, are far from representing a universal category or feature of human nature; rather they constitute the idiosyncratic category of the Christian understanding of religion.
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― As Socrates Shows, the Athenians Did Not Believe in Gods
― As Socrates Shows, the Athenians Did Not Believe in Gods
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