Foundations of the theory of signs / Charles Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, Charles W. (Charles William), 1903-1979, author.

Contributor:

PRO Adams, Mark B., donor.

PRO Sanger, John, autographer.

University of Chicago. Press, publisher.

Talcott Parsons Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

International encyclopedia of unified science ; v. 1, no. 2.

International encyclopedia of unified science ; v. 1., no. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics (Philosophy).

Semiotics.

Penn Provenance:

Parsons, Talcott, 1902-1979 (former owner)

Physical Description:

vii, 59 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, ©1938.

Contents:

Introduction. Semiotic and science

Semiosis and semiotic. The nature of a sign ; Dimensions and levels of semiosis ; Language

Syntactics. The formal conception of language ; Linguistic structure

Semantics. The semantical dimension of semiosis ; Linguistic and nonlinguistic structures

Pragmatics. The pragmatical dimension of semiosis ; Individual and social factors in semiosis ; Pragmatic use and abuse of signs

The unity of semiotic. Meaning ; Universals and universality ; Interrelation of the semiotical sciences

Problems and applications. Unification of the semiotical sciences ; Semiotic as organon of the sciences ; Humanistic implications of semiotic.

Notes:

Added title: International encyclopedia of unified science, editor-in-chief, Otto Neurath, associate editors, Rudolf Carnap [and] Charles W. Morris. Foundations of the unity of science (volumes I-II of the Encyclopedia).

Includes bibliographical references (page 59).

Local Notes:

LIBRA Rare P99.3 .M66 Adams copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018. Autograph of John Sanger dated November 1962. Tenth impression 1960. Has underlining.

OCLC:

526270