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Peirce for architects / Richard Coyne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coyne, Richard, author.
- Series:
- Thinkers for architects.
- Thinkers for Architects
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914.
- Peirce, Charles S.
- Architecture--Philosophy.
- Architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (151 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
- Summary:
- Peirce (pronounced "purse") was a logician, and so many of his ideas are couched in terms of formal propositions and their limitations. His work appeals therefore to many architects grappling with the digital age.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of contents
- Series editor's preface
- List of figures and tables
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Outline of the book
- Chapter 2 Signs
- The tree and the weathervane
- Peirce's theory of signs
- Icons in architecture
- Chapter 3 Sign-Vehicles
- Icon
- Index
- Symbol
- Ten classes of signs
- First, Second, Third
- Breaking the rules
- The number three
- Chapter 4 Indexical architecture
- A return to the physical
- Signs and facts
- Translating indexical signs to symbols
- Diagrammatic proof
- Chapter 5 Abduction in architecture
- Abduction in the smart city
- Forensic architecture
- Indefinite inference
- Design as abduction
- Abduction versus interpretation
- Chapter 6 Nature semiotics
- Nature's signs
- Pansemiotics
- Geosemiotics
- The posthuman and speculative realism
- Chapter 7 Pragmatism
- Pragmatism and positivism
- Verification
- The power of practice
- Radicalising Peirce
- Glossary
- Further reading
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-429-84384-4
- 0-429-45381-7
- 0-429-84383-6
- 9780429453816
- OCLC:
- 1061870408
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