scholarly journals Semiotic processes implied in the High Dilution phenomena

Author(s):  
Gheorghe Jurj

Semiotic processes ( or semiosis) refer to those process which are carriers of meaning and are performed through signs. A sign is something that stands for something else, and is the main mediating factor between an object and an interpreter, able to connect them and give rise to significations. The semiotic perspective, according to Charles Sanders Peirce, is basically triadic: all aspects of reality are triadic, comprising the categories of Firstness, Secondness, and Thirdness in a continue and virtually infinite process of semiosis, i.e of various forms of giving rise to meanings that accordingly will generate reactions, actions and transformations. The aim of the present paper is to examine the possible levels of semiosis implied in the high dilution phenomenon, beginning with the process of so called “potency” of substrata (where every potency may be considered a sign for the next one) and arriving to the complex responses of the living bodies to infinitesimal signs.

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 111-124
Author(s):  
Sanjida Afrin

Semiotics is the study of sign processes emphasizing signification and communication, signs and symbols of different social phenomena. In the late 19th and early 20th century the works of Ferdinand de Saussure and Charles Sanders Peirce led to the emergence of semiotics as a separate discipline as well as method for examining phenomena in different fields, including aesthetics, anthropology, communications, psychology, and semantics. Saussure's interpretation of linguistic sign from a semiotic perspective has, better or worse, affected much of subsequent discussions about language. But according to Peirce, meaning is not directly attached to the sign; instead, it is mediated through the interaction between the representamen, interpretant, and object. This paper initiates a brief semiotic interpretation of Bengali ligature-an essential component of Bengali writing system, since semiotics considers ligature, like other linguistic components, a potential sign-unit. Key words: ligature, Saussure, Peirce, Object.DOI: 10.3329/dujl.v2i3.4147 The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics: Vol.2 No.3 February, 2009 Page: 111-124


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernaliana Ernaliana ◽  
Rusdiawan Rusdiawan ◽  
Saharudin Saharudin

The research aims to analyze the islamic boarding school language and the meaning of Zainuddin Abdul Majid poems with a literature study and analyzed using content analysis methodology by using the semiotic perspective of Charles Sanders Peirce theory. The results of the study found several things including: 1) the poems used a lot of islamic typical words/phrases, namely key words in Islamic treasures that were identical to Arabic; 2) the form of words/phrases Islamic typical words which the author used tended to be simple, namely from 50 words/phrases. typical phrases of Islamic typical are 25 elements of icons, 20 elements of indexes, and 5 elements of symbols, 3) The typical words/phrases of islamic in poetry have different meanings according to the text and context.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (23) ◽  
pp. 103-112
Author(s):  
Gheorghe Jurj

This paper discusses medical action, homeopathic medical action in particular, from a semiotic perspective. Any doctor – patient relation and communication aims at an action. Action in medicine follows a decision which is determined by the meaning of signs and operations with signs. In their turn, signs are conditioned in their perception and interpretation by the meaning they have to their receivers, both intra- and intersubjectively. The meaning of signs in the medical context relates to reference values established by normative signs, around which semiotic fields are organized. Signs never appear isolated but in configurations, meaningful only from the perspective of some specific coherence. While decision-making is a consequence of meaning, meaning is conditioned by codes predetermined in both the sender and receiver of signs. Each and every medical action has an outcome which might give rise to a new series signs – decision – action. The outcome of medical action functions as a sign subsequent to previous ones, and a new configuration might appear, which allows for new action. Homeopathic signs have as their ultimate referent an individual; these signs are configured in a coherent way using the specific codes. Specific configurations allow for specific decisions and effective prescriptions of remedies when they point out to the individual. Keywords: Medical action; Medical semiotics; Decision-making; Homeopathy.   Decissão e semiótica: um olhar em homeopatia Resumo O presente artigo discute a ação médica, particularmente a homeopática, de uma perspectiva semiótica. Toda relação e comunicação médico-paciente visa uma ação. A ação, em medicina, segue a uma decisão, por sua vez determinada pelo sentido de signos e operações com signos. Os signos estão condicionados em sua percepção e interpretação pelo sentido que tém para seus receptores, tanto intra quanto intersubjetivamente. O sentido dos signos no contexto médico se relaciona com valores de referéncia estabelecidos por signos normativos, ao redor dos quais são organizados campos semióticos. Os signos nunca aparecem isolados, mas em configurações, significantes somente como função de uma coeréncia específica. Enquanto a decisão é conseqüéncia do sentido, este é condicionado por códigos pré-determinados, tanto no emissor quanto no receptor dos signos. Toda ação médica tem um resultados que, por sua vez, pode originar uma nova série de signos - decisão - ação. O resultado da ação mpedica opera como signo subseqüente aos anteriores, e dessa maneira pode aparecer uma nova configuração que leva a uma nova ação. Os signos homeopáticos tém como referente último um indivíduo; esses signos se configuram de maneira coerente graças a códigos específicos. Configurações específicas levam a decisões específicas e prescrições efetivas de medicamentos quando visam o indivíduo. Palavras-chave: Ação médica; Medicina semiótica; processo de tomada de decisão; Homeopatia.   Decisión y semiótica: una visión en homeopatía Resumen Este artículo discute la acción médica, particularmente la homeopática, desde una perspectiva semiótica. Toda relación y comunicación médico-paciente apunta para una acción. La acción, en medicina, sigue a una decisión, determinada por el sentido de signos y operaciones con signos. Los signos, a su vez, están condicionados en su percepción e interpretación por el sentido que tienen para sus receptores, tanto intra e intersubjetivamente. El sentido de los signos en el contexto médico se relaciona con valores de referencia establecidos por signos normativos, alrededor de los cuales se organizam campos semióticos. Los signos nunca aparecen aislados, sino en configuraciones, significantes solamente en función de una coherencia específica. Mientras que la decisión es consecuencia del sentido, éste es condicionado por códigos predeterminados, tanto en el emisor como en el receptor de los signos. Toda acción médica tiene un resultado que, a su vez, puede originar una nueva serie signos - decisión - acción. El resultado de la acción médica opera como signo subsiguiente a los anteriores, y así puede aparecer una nueva configuración, que lleva a una nueva acción. Los signos homeopáticos tienen como referente último un individuo; esos signos se configuran de manera coherente, gracias a códigos específicos. Configuraciones específicas llevan a decisiones específicas y prescripciones efectivas de medicamentos cuando apuntan al individuo. Palabras-clave: Acción de la medicina; Medicina semiótica, la toma de decisiones; Homeopatía.   Correspondence author: Gheorghe Jurj, [email protected] How to cite this article: Jurj G. Decision making and semiotics: A view in homeopathy. Int J High Dilution Res [online]. 2008 [cited YYYY Mmm DD]; 7(23): 103-112. Available from: http://journal.giri-society.org/index.php/ijhdr/article/view/270/346.  


2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Sass ◽  
Jeannine M. Rowe ◽  
Susan J. Rose ◽  
Gwat-Yong Lie ◽  
Joanna Ramirez Barrett

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Lundestad

Even though the philosophy of common sense is not justifi able as such, the assump- tion upon which it rests, namely that there are things which we are not in position to doubt is correct. The reason why Thomas Reid was unable to bring this assumption out in a justifi able manner is that his views, both on knowledge and nature, are to be considered dogmatic. American pragmatists such as Charles Sanders Peirce and John Dewey on the other hand, may be seen as offering us a ‘critical’ and post-Darwinian philosophy of common sense.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document