Biosemiotics: To Know, What Life Knows
The field of semiotics is described as a general study of knowing. Knowing in a broad sense as a process that assumes (and includes) at least memory (together with heredity), anticipation, communication, meaningful information, and needs, is a distinctive feature of living systems.
Sciences are distinguished accordingly into phi-sciences (that use physicalist methodology) and sigma-sciences (that use semiotic methodology). Jesper Hoffmeyer's book Biosemiotics is viewed
Keywords: Biosemiotics; Hoffmeyer; adaptation; knowing
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 January 2009
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