This book is addressed to students, researchers and academics who
have barely heard of the emerging young science of Biosemiotics,
and who want to know more about it. Written by many of the fielda
(TM)s major contributors, it provides a highly qualified
introduction to Biosemiotics and illustrates the most recent views
in its background and development.
Combining research approaches from biology, philosophy and
linguistics, the field of Biosemiotics proposes that animals,
plants and single cells all engage in semiosis a" the conversion of
objective signals into conventional signs. This has important
implications and applications for issues ranging from natural
selection to animal behavior and human psychology, leaving
biosemiotics at the cutting edge of the research on the
fundamentals of life.
Drawing on an international expertise, the book details the
history and study of biosemiotics, and provides a state-of-the-art
summary of the current work in this new field. And, with relevance
to a wide range of disciplines a" from linguistics and semiotics to
evolutionary phenomena and the philosophy of biology a" the book
provides an important text for both students and established
researchers, while marking a vital step in the evolution of a new
biological paradigm.
Marcello Barbieri is University Professor of Embryology at the
University of Ferrara, Italy, President of the Italian Association
for Theoretical Biology and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of
Biosemiotics.
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