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From design to self-organization, or

a proper structure for a proper function

Inna Semetsky

pp. 575-597

Abstract

It is suggested that Charles Sanders Peirce's triadic semiotics provides a framework for a diagrammatic representation of a sign's proper structure. The action of signs is described at the logical and psychological levels. The role of (unconscious) abductive inference is analyzed, and a diagram of reasoning is offered. A series of interpretants transform brute facts into interpretable signs thereby providing human experience with value or meaning. The triadic structure helps in de-mystifying the relations between Penrose's three worlds when the latter are considered as constituting a semiotic triangle.

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Published in:

(2005) Axiomathes 15 (4).

Pages: 575-597

DOI: 10.1007/s10516-005-2780-6

Full citation:

Semetsky Inna (2005) „From design to self-organization, or: a proper structure for a proper function“. Axiomathes 15 (4), 575–597.