Semiotics has itself thrived in a generative atmosphere of specialization and synthesis. Now, in an expanding intellectual universe, we converge with several other strains of scholarship. In this brief paper, we not only acknowledge this convergence and complementarity, but actively welcome the emerging rapprochement, which we interpret as representing a radical shift in scientific paradigm. This conceptual revolution transcends a dichotomous Cartesian, analytic view of the world, in the direction of a view embracing the whole, respecting complexity, and fostering synthesis.
Myrdene Anderson (1934– ), John Deely (1942– ), Martin Krampen (1928– ), Joseph Ransdell (1931– ), Thomas A. Sebeok (1920–2001), and Thure von Uexküll (1908–2004)
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