Natural Propositions: The Actuality Of Peirce'S Doctrine Of Dicisigns

Natural Propositions is about the desirable consequence of Charles Peirce's conception of propositions; namely, that they are no strangers to a naturalist world-view and thus form natural inhabitants of reality. This is because propositions---in Peirce's generalization: Dicisigns---do not depend upon human language nor upon human consciousness or intentionality, contrary to most standard assumptions. In addition to a careful consideration of Peirce's work, the book includes numerous examples of Dicisigns in nature as firefly signaling and vervet monkey alarm calls.

• | Author: Frederik Stjernfelt
• | Publisher: Docent Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 18, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 340 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0988744961
• | ISBN-13: 9780988744967