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Peirce i Wittgenstein o życiu znaków
Peirce and Wittgenstein on the life of signs

Author(s): Agnieszka Hensoldt
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Peirce; Wittgenstein; sign; triadic conception of sign; language; language games; meaning; rules; habits; use; community

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to examine some important features of Peirce's and Wittgenstein's accounts of the nature of signs. The analysis shows that there are at least four points , regarding the nature of signs, on which Peirce and Wittgenstein agree. These are: the triadic nature of signs, the presence (and the specific role) of degenerate signs in our discourses, the role of rules in the constitution of meaning, and the indispensable role of a community in creating and maintaining the network of signs. Discovering these similarities does not mean that Peirce's and Wittgenstein's conceptions of semiotics are identical, as their authors make different assumptions about e.g. the aims of semiosis, but they nevertheless reach very similar conclusions.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 38-55
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish