Life Before Matter, Possible Signification Before Tangible Signs: Towards a Mediating View

Authors

  • Floyd Merrell Purdue University

Keywords:

Life, Peirce, Semiotics

Abstract

Life is a creative response to creative nature. This notion heeds Norm Hirstrsquo;s call, by way of Robert Rosen, that life as creativity follows a lsquo;logicrsquo; that is radically distinct from classical logical principles. This alternate lsquo;logicrsquo; of creative life follows differentiating Identity and Included-Middle Principles. Charles S. Peircersquo;s process philosophy and his concept of the sign, offer a sense of the nonlinear, nonmechanistic, creative emergence of signs and life through possibly possible signification and living forms as illustrated by means of amorphous topological variability.

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Published

10-10-2008

How to Cite

Merrell, F. (2008). Life Before Matter, Possible Signification Before Tangible Signs: Towards a Mediating View. Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, 4(1-2), 99–112. Retrieved from https://cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/98

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