Process Philosophy of Signs

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

We usually think of signs as fixed relations: a red light signifies ‘Stop’. In his bold new book, James Williams argues that signs are processes: you see the red light and think 'should I stop?', triggering a creative response. Williams develops this new process philosophy of signs through a formal model , in contrast to earlier structuralist definitions. He draws on the philosophies of Deleuze and Whitehead, criticises earlier work on the sign in biology by Jakob von Uexküll, and connects to contemporary work on process in the philosophy of biology by John Dupré. The process model has wide applications in the arts, humanities and social sciences, and informs their critical debates with science. In defining the sign as essentially political, this radical definition of the sign opens up new possibilities for social and political critique.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-02-02
Mått:156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt:330 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9780748695010

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Mer om författaren

James Williams is Honorary Professor of Philosophy and member of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalization at Deakin University.

Recensioner i media

In this book, James Williams develops his own approach to, and understanding of, what constitutes process and how this can be dealt with philosophically. All of this unfolds within a very careful and insightful reconfiguring of the status of signs. This unfolding is one of the most informative and innovative aspects of this work… A coherent and convincing account, which offers a real contribution.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements1. Introduction: The Process Sign2. The Independent Life of Signs3. Biology and the Design of Signs4. Process Signs and the Process Philosophy of Biology5. The Sign6. The Process Sign, Structuralism and Semiology7. The Process Sign After Deleuze and Whitehead8. The Process Sign is Political9. ConclusionNotesIndex