The 13th Gatherings in Biosemiotics Castiglioncello, Italy June 4 - June 8, 2013
The 13th Gatherings in Biosemiotics Castiglioncello, Italy June 4 - June 8, 2013

Summary/Abstract: The thirteenth Biosemiotics Gathering was held in Castiglioncello (Italy) from June 5th to June 8th and organized under the auspices of the International Society for Biosemiotic Studies (ISBS). It was jointly sponsored by the Scuola S. Anna of Pisa and the Comune of Rosignano Marittimo and with the patronage of the University of Pisa and Regione Toscana. The meeting took place in the relaxed atmosphere of the Castello Pasquini, a famous natural resort for having been the center of many Macchiaioli painters. The abstracts presented at the Gathering offered a wide variety of approaches ranging from meta-biosemiotics and linguistics up to complexity and cognition. Altogether 40 oral and 3 poster presentations were given in four full days. The Gathering was preceded on June 4th by a Workshop organized by Stephen Cowley and Bruno Rossi centered on such topics as Health, Cognition and Cognitive Rehabilitation. The aim of the workshop was to review some of the state-of-the-art topics and the innovative aspects that characterize much of recent research in consciousness studies. To this end, Franco Giorgi opened the workshop by giving a keynote lecture on the biosemiotic perspective of consciousness. On the following day, Don Favareau gave an introductory lecture at the Gathering to examine the close relations between living systems and their sign systems.

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