Peirce's doctrine of signs : theory, applications, and connections ; [papers from the Peirce Sesquicentennial Congress held in 1989 at Harvard University

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. Citations of Peirce’s works Part 1. A general theory of signs: Its possibility and purpose General theories, vague utterances, and fruitful inquiries The philosophic significance of Peirce’s theory of signs Vagueness, generality, and undeciding otherness The Grand Vision Part 2. Peirce’s conception of semiosis: Presuppositions and articulations Peirce’s conception of habit Information and the metaphysical status of the sign Part 3. The components of semiosis The object of semeiotic Object and final cause in Peirce’s semeiotic Antetension, indexicality, and possible worlds The ground of semiosis: An implied theory of perspectival realism? Part 4. The classification of signs Peirce’s second classification of signs Peirce’s doctrine of symbol Symbol, ritual and cognition Index and icon revisited Part 5. The semiosis of metaphor Peirce and the interaction view of metaphor From pure icon to metaphor: Six degrees of iconicity On the neglect of Peirce’s views on metaphor in current theories of iconicity Peirce’s definition of metaphor and its consequences Part 6. Semiotics and aesthetics Aesthetic and artistic semiosis: A Peircean perspective Peirce on fiction: Introduction to an author-orientated semiotics Literary art: Meaning as a sign of possibility Arguments about icons Othello and Iago: Twins or opponents? On identity in literary semiotics Visual semiotics versus pragmaticism: Peirce and photography Music as icon: A critique of twentieth century music semiotic Part 7. Philosophy, linguistics and semiotics Sign structure and sign event in Saussure, Hjelmslev, and Peirce Relating European structuralist semiotics to American Peircean semeiotic Peirce and medieval semiotics Peirce and Derrida: From sign to sign Part 8. Semiotics and hermeneutics Peirce and hermeneutics Hermeneutic aspects in the light of Peirce’s methodology A word is not a sign: Hermeneutic semiotics and Peirce’s “Ethics of terminology” Peirce’s pragmatic maxim and K.-O. Apel’s idea of a contemplementary hermeneutical science Peirce, pragmatism, and interpretation theory The construction of a Peircean hermeneutics Index Peirce's theory of signs has generated a great deal of interest over the years, but I still find it difficult to comprehend its philosophic significance.