Maritain’s “Sign and Symbol”-part i

[essius]

In honor of Jacques Maritain’s hundred and twenty-seventh birthday, and in order to reinitiate semiotic inquiry and discussion here on LiveJournal, I offer here a few brief comments on Maritain’s analysis of the nature of signs. In his essay “Sign and Symbol,”* Maritain begins with the following strong remarks:

There are no more complex problems, no

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[royinpink]

So...is there something you want response to here?

[essius]

Well, is there anything to which you want to respond?

[royinpink]

Well, I don't really see anything I disagree with or don't understand, so no.

[royinpink]

Okay, here: How is detaching human knowing from animal knowing different from making a distinction between anthroposemiosis and zoosemiosis?