Towards the emergence of meaning processes in computers from Peircean semiotics

Gomes, Antônio do Nascimento; Gudwin, Ricardo; El-Hani, Charbel Niño; Queiroz, João

doi:10.1007/s11299-007-0031-9

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“….} (see Gomes et al, 2003Gomes et al, , 2005. This is a consequence of an idea discussed above, namely, that semiosis entails the instantiation of chains of triads (See Figure 1).…”

Section: A General Model Of the Emergence Of Semiosismentioning

confidence: 84%

Towards a Multi-Level Approach to the Emergence of Meaning Processes in Living Systems

Queiroz

El-Hani²

2006

Acta Biotheor

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Any description of the emergence and evolution of different types of meaning processes (semiosis, sensu C.S.Peirce) in living systems must be supported by a theoretical framework which makes it possible to understand the nature and dynamics of such processes. Here we propose that the emergence of semiosis of different kinds can be understood as resulting from fundamental interactions in a triadically-organized hierarchical process. To grasp these interactions, we develop a model grounded on Stanley Salthe's hierarchical structuralism. This model can be applied to establish, in a general sense, a set of theoretical constraints for explaining the instantiation of different kinds of meaning processes (iconic, indexical, symbolic) in semiotic systems. We use it to model a semiotic process in the immune system, namely, B-cell activation, in order to offer insights into the heuristic role it can play in the development of explanations for specific semiotic processes.

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“….} (see Gomes et al, 2003Gomes et al, , 2005. This is a consequence of an idea discussed above, namely, that semiosis entails the instantiation of chains of triads (See Figure 1).…”

Section: A General Model Of the Emergence Of Semiosismentioning

confidence: 84%

Towards a Multi-Level Approach to the Emergence of Meaning Processes in Living Systems

Queiroz

El-Hani²

2006

Acta Biotheor

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“…As a process thinker, it was quite natural that Peirce conceived semiosis as basically a process in which triads are systematically linked to one another so as to form a web (see Gomes et al 2007 ). Peirce ' s theory of signs has a remarkable dynamical nature.…”

Section: Semiosis and Information Processingmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Biosemiotic Approach in Biology: Theoretical Bases and Applied Models

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Information and Living Systems

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“…Slightly different, the sign in computer science defines the relations between a real-world object, its interpretation and the interpreted sign referring to the object, regardless of whether this referred object is physical, conceptual or fictitious. Any sign is an interpretational representation of the subjective concept in reference to the referred object for computers to process and mediate human communicating meanings across multiple discrete domains [8][11].…”

Section: Concept Of Signmentioning

confidence: 99%