Observership, 'knowing' and semiosis
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Cobley, P. 2018. Observership, 'knowing' and semiosis. Cybernetics & Human Knowing. 25 (1), pp. 23-47.
Type | Article |
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Title | Observership, 'knowing' and semiosis |
Authors | Cobley, P. |
Abstract | This article asks how future semiotic research, particularly with a biosemiotic orientation, will incorporate a theory of observership. The article take its cue from Sebeok's (1986, 1991a, 1991b) comments on John Archibald Wheeler's conception of the 'participatory universe' and attempts to explicate the relevance of Wheeler's (1994, 1998) philosophy of science for semiotics. The article argues that the quantum view of observership aligns with that of semiotics in that both envisage observation as a field of modification. The article seeks to contribute to recent key debates in the field on 'knowing' sciences on relation and cybersemiotics It develops some of the themes foreshadowed towards the end of an earlier article outlining a future orientated observership in contrast to a vis a tergo perspective. |
Research Group | English Language and Literature |
Publisher | Imprint Academic |
Journal | Cybernetics & Human Knowing |
ISSN | 0907-0877 |
Electronic | 1756-6177 |
Publication dates | |
01 Jan 2018 | |
Online | 30 Apr 2018 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 21 Sep 2018 |
Accepted | 14 Oct 2017 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | This is an author's accepted manuscript version of an article published by Imprint Academic in the journal 'Cybernetics and Human Knowing'. |
Web address (URL) | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/imp/chk/2018/00000025/00000001/art00003 |
Language | English |
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