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Self-Organization and Peirce’s Notion of Communication and Semiosis

Self-Organization and Peirce’s Notion of Communication and Semiosis

João Queiroz, Angelo Loula
Copyright: © 2011 |Volume: 1 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 9
ISSN: 2155-5028|EISSN: 2155-5036|EISBN13: 9781613509043|DOI: 10.4018/ijsss.2011070104
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Queiroz, João, and Angelo Loula. "Self-Organization and Peirce’s Notion of Communication and Semiosis." IJSSS vol.1, no.2 2011: pp.53-61. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijsss.2011070104

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Queiroz, J. & Loula, A. (2011). Self-Organization and Peirce’s Notion of Communication and Semiosis. International Journal of Signs and Semiotic Systems (IJSSS), 1(2), 53-61. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijsss.2011070104

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Queiroz, João, and Angelo Loula. "Self-Organization and Peirce’s Notion of Communication and Semiosis," International Journal of Signs and Semiotic Systems (IJSSS) 1, no.2: 53-61. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijsss.2011070104

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Abstract

Semiosis can be described as an emergent self-organizing process in a complex system of distributed sign users interacting locally and mutually affecting each other. Contextually grounded, semiosis is characterized as a pattern that emerges through the cooperation between agents in a communication act, which concerns an utterer, a sign, and an interpreter. Some implications of this approach are explored in the context of Artificial Life experimental protocols. To model communication as a self-organized process, the authors create a scenario to investigate a potentially self-organizing dynamic of communication, via local interactions. According to the results, a systemic process (symbol-based communication) emerges as a global pattern (a common repertoire of signs) from local interactions, without any external or central control.

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